Twitter Is Celebrating Ramadan With Emoji, Periscope Hearts and a TV Guide Bot

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins Friday and runs through Saturday, June 24

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins Friday and runs through Saturday, June 24, and Twitter is helping users celebrate with special emoji, custom Periscope hearts and a Ramadan TV guide bot in the Middle East.

Kinda Ibrahim, Twitter’s media partnerships director for the Middle East and North Africa, shared details on the social network’s Ramadan initiatives in a blog post.

Several Ramadan-related hashtags will trigger the crescent moon emoji, the glass of yoghurt representing the spirit of iftar or the lantern emoji reflecting the cultural spirit of the holy month.

Similarly, on Periscope, Ramadan-related hashtags will trigger custom hearts that will transform into crescent moons.

The Ramadan TV guide bot enables users in the Middle East to send direct messages to Arabic entertainment news portal @FilFan and specify which category they are interested in—channels, series, TV shows and now showing—after which they will receive return DMs with TV listings and recaps.

Other Ramadan content on Twitter will...

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