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UAE social media users feeling #BlueTwitter trend

Posts of optimism and solidarity

A social media trend, which began in India yesterday, appears to have captured UAE Twitter users' imaginations. #BlueTwitter urges the network's community to post a picture with a blue-coloured theme to express solidarity with frontline medical professionals, currently fighting the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, whose protective clothing, or 'scrubs' are often the same hue.
Many early uploads featured the account holder posing in a blue outfit, though the motif quickly expanded to include popular tourist destinations overlaid with a blue filter, or even everyday objects as the initiative evolved to encompass not only marks of respect for hospital staff, but also a reminder of better times.      
Dubai resident, Piyush  Bhadani (@piyushbh), was quick to get in on the action with eight selfies taken in various locations around the world. His latest captioned: 'Back to work in Dubai' was also a nod to the easing of #StayHome directives in the UAE.

Back to work in Dubai#work #atwork #Dubai #MyDubai #BlueTwitter pic.twitter.com/7dxT7SRkz2
- Piyush Bhadani (@piyushbh) April 26, 2020

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- PROSOCIAL (@JKDubai1) April 26, 2020

Hoping everything will be alright #BlueTwitter #Travel pic.twitter.com/ZN3JhfUah8
- G I S E L L E (@justgithingss) April 26, 2020