The Mayor of New York Metropolis Zohran Mamdani took his Arsenal super-fandom up a notch on Wednesday when he attended Eid al-Adha prayers within the Bronx sporting an Arsenal themed kurta.
Photos of Mamdani’s kurta – a conventional loose-fitting tunic – based mostly on Arsenal‘s 2025-26 navy and purple lightning bolt away shirt, went viral.
Mamdani was born and raised in Uganda and is New York’s first Muslim and Asian-American mayor.
He started supporting Arsenal on the age of 10 when his uncle purchased him a set of fridge magnets with the pictures of Gunners stars together with Sylvain Wiltord, David Seaman, Sol Campbell, and Thierry Henry.
He often is the mayor of the largest metropolis in america, however the 34-year-old delighted in Arsenal‘s Premier League title triumph in a lot the identical approach as residents of Highbury and Islington.
Mamdani’s soccer fanaticism is way from restricted to Arsenal although.
His social media followers lapped up his potential to recall obscure 90s footballers, and the very fact he’s a shareholder in Spanish aspect Actual Oviedo.
The politician was considered one of 20,000 folks to become involved in a global share-buying marketing campaign the membership launched when going through chapter in 2012.
Mamdani, elected New York mayor in November, has additionally spoken out about Fifa’s use of dynamic pricing for 2026 World Cup tickets.
He lately introduced a lottery for 1,000 New York residents to win the prospect to buy $50 (£37.30) event tickets.
The 50,000-person each day restrict for coming into the lottery was reached inside three minutes on its opening day.
New Jersey’s MetLife stadium, the house of NFL franchises the New York Jets and the New York Giants, is about to host the ultimate of the 48-team event which is happening throughout america, Mexico and Canada between 11 June and 19 July.
That Mamdani melded Premier League and Eid al-Adha celebrations with a customized kurta begs one query – what is going to his celebrations seem like if Arsenal win the Champions League?
Arsenal face Paris St-Germain within the remaining of European membership soccer’s most prestigious event in Budapest on Saturday, 30 Might at 17:00 BST.
