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I'm Muslim. Zohran Mamdani's victory is a Barack Obama moment.
Zaid Jilani is a journalist and author of 'The American Saga' newsletter.
When I found out about New York Democratic Assembly member Zohran Mamdani's upset victory in New York City's mayoral Democratic primary, an old memory popped into my head.
It was the day after Barack Obama trounced John McCain in 2008's presidential election. A friend of mine who was running his student chapter for the state of Georgia greeted me at the student center of the University of Georgia, where we both went to school.
