Technology & IT | Wednesday 22 July, 2015 1:09 am |

This weekend over 1.6 billion people across the world celebrated Eid al Fitr and the end of Ramadan. Throughout the month, Twitter provided a unique platform for people across the world to come together and celebrate Ramadan.

https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/611364168483106817

https://twitter.com/HHShkMohd/status/621896419566161920

https://twitter.com/HamdanMohammed/status/621897972389822466

https://twitter.com/Ahlam_Alshamsi/status/621975366962286592

 

This heat map shows the global conversation around Ramadan that took place on Twitter during the past month.

 

https://twitterdata.cartodb.com/viz/faa0b418-2cd4-11e5-be4c-7054d21a95e5/embed_map

 

Throughout Ramadan, there were over 8.4 billion impressions of Tweets about Ramadan on Twitter and syndicated across the web.

 

Amid all of the great Ramadan content on Twitter, Rotana (@Khalejiatv) gave people around the world an exclusive and real-time look into Mecca (or Makkah), thanks to Periscope. Viewers were able to experience key moments as they happened, such as daily and evening prayers.

 

https://twitter.com/Khalejiatv/status/621891031248732161

 

The UAE celebrated the month by sharing Ramadan-related content, as well as sending greetings to family, friends and loved ones.

 

https://twitter.com/TwoToneDXB/status/611630908689387520

https://twitter.com/shugairi/status/618069951400775680

https://twitter.com/OmoArabia/status/622445882122862593

 

 

Here is a collection of Tweets from around the world celebrating Eid.

 

https://twitter.com/twittermedia/timelines/621742592770707457