Twitter was abuzz this week with debates on dress code. Controversies erupted after a viral video showed an Egyptian actress being told off by an Emirati woman at Dubai Mall for allegedly walking out of the changing room in her underwear.
Another topic that was occupying the minds of social media users was the key European football match between Real Madrid and Juventus.
Real Madrid v Juventus
It was a battle between football fans after Real Madrid lost on aggregate to Juventus in the Champions League.
Waleed @waleedalfarraj commented: “Real Madrid is out. Congrats for Juventus they deserved it.”
@SharjahSportsTV shared Murata Comment: “I will not celebrate even if I scored 1,000 goals against Real Madrid.”
@hem_2020 was sarcastic: “Since Real Madrid is out, I suggest for the Madridis to help James Rodriguez figure out his new dance.”
@0iuoi1 was also sarcastic as she tweeted a photo which showed an Unicef representative holding a casket with Real Madrid’s logo printed on it.
@AbdllahAlneaimi wrote: “Juventus have a big name and a glorious history but currently it is missing the winning team characters.”
@Carter_bambi was happy for the winning of his favourite team: “This is the best day of my life.”
Dress code
The majority of people who took to social media were critical of the behaviour of the Emirati women.
However, @abd_alyam shared a screen shot of a tweet by Mohammed Al Tamimi, a lawyer, to express solidarity with the Emirati women: “I volunteer to support the Emirati women and stand by their side.” He thanked the lawyer for his support for the Emirati women.
@blsmalroo7 is in favour of abiding by the dress code, but he did not endorse the Emirati woman’s attitude: “You cannot deny that the Emirati lady made a point about the UAE dress code, but you must not support her filming the incident, because this is an invasion into someone’s privacy.”
Khaled @almzoohi showed compassion towards the Emirati woman: “Wrong or right, this Emirati woman must be in a terrible condition because of this debate, although the actress is used to it.”
@falhashxmi tweeted: “She could’ve chosen her words thoughtfully and respectfully and handled the situation in a different way, reasonably.”
Zayed @zayedalrwais thinks this was a great publicity stunt by the actress: “If Abeer Sabry paid $10 millions for publicity, she would have never got this quality of advertising that put her back in producers’ minds.”
Sarah Khamis is The National’s social media editor
salalawi@thenational.ae
On Twitter: @SarahKhamisUAE
