A Reporter at Large December 12, 2022 Issue At Qatar's World Cup, Where Politics and Pleasure Collide The first ten days were soccer as it is, rather than as you want it to be. By Sam Knight December 3, 2022 The entire world was in Doha, in generally small proportions. Pan-Arab feeling was strong, and a Saudi victory kick-started the tournament. Photographs by Max Pinckers for The New Yorker Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. A smiling ghost came up through the floor. La'eeb, the mascot of this year's World Cup, in Qatar, is a bodiless figure in a thobe, the white gown favored by the men of the Arabian Peninsula. He materialized during the tournament's opening ceremony, sometime after Morgan Freeman asked Ghanim al-Muftah, a Qatari YouTuber, who was born without legs, whether he was welcome in the country—he was—and before Jung Kook, of the Korean boy band BTS, sent the mostly Qatari crowd into a conservative mode of ecstasy. La'...
Show Caption Hide Caption 10 surprising facts about Pi Day (March 14) What is Pi Day? It's celebrated each year on March 14 (since 3, 1, 4 are the first three significant digits of π). Impress your friends with these facts 10Best.com It's not irrational to find pizza pies for $3.14 this Sunday. March 14 is Pi Day, the annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi), which is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. The trillion-digit ratio is rounded to 3.14. Albert Einstein was born on Pi Day and noted astrophysicist Stephen Hawking died on the made-up holiday in 2018. But you don't have to be a math scholar to be acutely aware that Pi Day equals deals on circular food, including pies and pastries. Last year's food holiday was slightly curtailed by the coronavirus pandemic, which happened as parts of the country were locking down. Bac...
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