UAE social media users feeling #BlueTwitter trend

@piyushbh

Posts of optimism and solidarity

By Staff report

Published: Sun 26 Apr 2020, 5:43 PM

Last updated: Mon 27 Apr 2020, 11:30 AM

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

Fellow Dubai citizen, handle @JKDubai1, posted a shot of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan dressed in blue traditional dress captioned with a number of blue hearts.

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- PROSOCIAL (@JKDubai1) April 26, 2020

While Giselle (@justgithingss), also from Dubai, went for an optimistic natural scene featuring a blue lake and sky underneath the words: "Hoping everything will be alright #BlueTwitter #Travel".