Twitter celebrates Ramadhan with themed emojis

Twitter has brought back its hashtags for #Ramadan together with Ramadhan-themed emojis. A crescent moon will appear next to a number of hashtags, including #Ramadan, #Ramadhan, #Ramazan, #Puasa, #Sahur, and رمضان#.

Source: Twitter blog. A hashtag for Ramadhan that includes a seasonal emoji. This one says iftar_Ramadhan, and ends with a date next to a glass of yoghurt.

Another emoji embodies the spirit of iftar as it illustrates a date along with a glass of yoghurt, which are commonly used to break the fast. The last emoji is a visual of a lantern that embodies the cultural spirit of the holy month.

Twitter is also celebrating Ramadhan on Periscope. Various hashtags in the title of a broadcast will trigger the transformation of hearts into crescent moons when viewers tap the screen.

In the Middle East, Twitter is launching the first Ramadhan TV guide bot on Twitter. Ramadhan TV viewers can send a direct message to the Arabic entertainment news portal @FilFan to receive a variety of categories to choose from: ‘Channels’, ‘Series’, ‘TV shows’ and ‘Now showing’. Once selected, viewers will receive a message that includes a list of series, TV channels, timings as well as a daily recap of their favorite series based on their selection.

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View the full set of Ramadhan-themed hashtags

Twitter introduces Ramadhan hashflags

According to Twitter more than 74.2 million tweets were sent about Ramadhan around the world last year. In a blog post dated June 26 the company has introduced new #Ramadan and #Eid icons to celebrate the month this year. Using the hashtag (#) immediately in front of the words 'Ramadan' and 'Eid', in both Arabic and English, will automatically create these special icons, or hashflags, after the tags.

Twitter has also partnered with @AlArabiya to offer personalised iftar and imsak tweets. Iftar is the time each day when Muslims break the fast, and imsak the time that the fast begins. Twitter users can tweet @AlArabiya with #iftar followed by the name of their city with a hashtag immediately in front (e.g. #Dubai), and the @AlArabiya account will automatically send the time for #iftar or #imsak accordingly.

The same blog post has an interactive map showing where Ramadhan-related tweets occurred.


Source: Twitter blog. Click here to see the map in action.