Zeyan Shafiq
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| Zeyan Shafiq | |
|---|---|
| Born | Zeyan Jeelani Shafiq 21 July 2002 Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Indian |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Radiant Public School |
| 💼 Occupation | Entrepreneur, Software and app developer |
| Known for | KashBook, Stalwart Esports |
Zeyan Shafiq (born Zeyan Jeelani; 21 July 2002) is an Indian entrepreneur, software and app developer from Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir.[1] He launched the social media app KashBook in May 2017 after the Jammu and Kashmir government banned social media services in the Kashmir Valley[2] and started Stalwart Esports in 2020 to promote India in competitive esports.[3]
He became known for circumventing the social media ban in kashmir[4] and by signing a Pakistani roster under his esports organisation, which caught the media attention because it was the first time in history of esports that Pakistani players were playing under an Indian organisation.[5] Later he became known for introducing cryptocurrency payments in his esport organisation which made Stalwart Esports the first organisation to officially adopt cryptocurrencies.[6]
Early life and education[edit]
Shafiq was born on 21 July 2002 to a Kashmiri Muslim family in Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir.[1] His father Shafiq Ul Hassan, is a software engineer and his mother Asiya Shafiq, is a civil servant.[1] He studied at the Army Goodwill School in Rajouri and completed his matriculation exams in January 2017 from the Radiant Public School.[7]
KashBook[edit]
KashBook was an Android app that allowed users to access social media without circumventing the ban by connecting to a VPN and allowed users to communicate in Kashmiri.[8][4] The Express Tribune described it as a "home-grown version of Facebook". The app was later shutdown due to disagreements between the founders.[9]
In 2013, Shafiq (then 13) and Uzair Jan (then 17) built the first version of the KashBook website. After the April 2017 ban on social media ban was imposed in Kashmir by the PDP government, Shafiq and Jan realised that the old website was still in use and decided to relaunch it. They developed a website and mobile app so that people in Kashmir could communicate without having to try to circumvent the ban by connecting to a VPN. By 16 May 2017 KashBook had over 1,500 users, which had increased to over 10,500 users by 24 May 2017.[10] However, by August 2017, the KashBook website and app had ceased working due to disagreements between the founders.[9] Shafiq got the media attention and was labelled as the 'Mark Zuckerberg' of Kashmir,[9] whilst Jan was not.[9]
The book India Connected by Ravi Agrawal includes a chapter about Shafiq, the internet shutdown in Kashmir, and his take on it with KashBook.[11]
Stalwart Esports[edit]
In January 2020, Shafiq started Stalwart Esports, a pan-India esports organisation to promote India’s position and participation in competitive eSports.[12][3] After the PUBG ban in India, he signed players from Pakistani team FreeStyle Esports, who already had qualified and played the PUBG World Championship.[3]
On 13 August 2021, Zeyan was accused of mismanagement and delays in salary payments by Ex-Pubg Mobile Athlete.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jameel, Yusuf (21 May 2017). "Social Bee: Valley's 'Internet kid' overcomes social media ban". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ↑ Bagchi, Suvojit (24 June 2017). "With Facebook banned, Kashmir's youth reach out via Kashbook". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 February 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Bansal, Snigdha (23 December 2020). "How the Indian Ban on PUBG Brought Gamers From India and Pakistan Together". Vice India. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Rao, Hamza (16 May 2017). "Kashbook: 16-year-old develops Kashmir's own Facebook after India banned social media". Daily Pakistan. Retrieved 23 February 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "How Pakistan gamers joined hands for Kashmiri's Indian PUBG team". The Indian Express. 2020-11-13. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ↑ Ahmed, Wasif (2021-09-01). "India-based Stalwart Esports becomes first organization to completely shift to cryptocurrency". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ↑ "Kashmiri teen launches Facebook-like app, thwarting social media ban in Valley". Indian Express. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ↑ Ravi, Anusha (16 May 2017). "Government bans social media, Kashmiri teen develops 'KashBook'". Oneindia. Retrieved 23 February 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Bhalla, Sahil (9 August 2017). "Kashmir's social network KashBook is no more, and not because of the government". Catch News.
- ↑ Gul, Khalid (24 May 2017). "Kashmir software enthusiast develops Kashbook". Greater Kashmir. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ↑ Agrawal, Ravi (1 October 2018). "Big Brothers,Internet Shutdowns & Internet.org". India Connected: How the Smartphone Is Transforming the World's Largest Democracy. Oxford University Press. pp. 147–169. ISBN 978-0-19-085867-4. Search this book on
- ↑ Bhatt, Gaurav (13 November 2020). "How Pakistan gamers joined hands for Kashmiri's Indian PUBG team". The Indian Express. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
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