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Yumna Khan
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Media Fellow, Dawn
Karachi
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Environment, Crime Wildlife, Conflict Politics, Human Rights
I do not do car reviews.
Content
By Yumna Khan| Dawn Verified When Netflix created The Queen’s Gambit in 2020, it likely didn’t expect what it would do for the little-appreciated game of chess all the way in Pakistan. Five years on, the flurry of interest the hit series initially roused may have faded away, but its enduring impact on the popularity of the game, particularly among women, shows up in subtle ways. Sometimes, even on national television. For cricket-obsessed Pakistanis, chess has never really gained mainstream attention.
By Yumna Khan| Medium@ Yumna Khan·Follow6 min read·--In 2016, following Donald Trump’s nomination as the Republican president of the United States and the Brexit vote in the United Kingdom marking the country’s departure from the European Union, Oxford Dictionaries named “post-truth” the word of the year. Although not new to the public discourse, the use of the word increased by 2000% in 2016 compared to the preceding year.
Company Info
Dawn
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Los Altos, California, United States
+1 305-824-6158
Founded: 2017