#BlackOutEid Trends On Twitter As The Diaspora Celebrates The End Of Ramadan

via @aishiheartsubb

Muslims of the Diaspora are taking to Twitter today with the hashtag #BlackOutEid as the world's 1.5 billion Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr and the end of 30 days of fasting for the holy month of Ramadan. The hashtag was started by user @araweelwoe, who wanted to see how Black Muslims are celebrating their Eid. Here we round up some of the best photos from social media. Eid Mubarak and enjoy.

Cousins! #BlackOutEid #EidMubarak pic.twitter.com/G3BSKCVHep

— young Lai (@AyeLailaaKay) July 17, 2015

#Eid Mubarak from East Africa. #Somalia #BLACKOUTEID pic.twitter.com/Z1eoHxhefN — New Somalia (@Somaliadev) July 17, 2015

All hands on deck 🎶 I'm so excited to let you guys know that I'm taking over Huffington Post's Instagram feed @huffpostrelig to show the world how my hometown of Mogadishu celebrated Eid! Stay tuned! #ViewsFromThe252 #JiiroWacbuudhan #LiidoBeach #Xamar #Mogadishu #Somalia #Africa #Eid #EidMubarak #Henna #HennaTattoo #TravelNoire #HuffingtonPost

A photo posted by Ugaaso A. Boocow (@ugaasadda) on Jul 17, 2015 at 6:23am PDT

#BlackOutEid Straight from The Gambia! 🔴⚪️🔵⚪️✅!!! Ya Imam and the Daira committee!! 👳🏾👳🏾👳🏾👳🏾 pic.twitter.com/uLi2tQdyK5 — Dad_SwaGga™ (@dadswagga) July 17, 2015

A man takes part in morning prayers to celebrate Eid-al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan in #Ethiopia pic.twitter.com/t77mDsTK1M

— Reuters Africa (@ReutersAfrica) July 17, 2015

Hippie flower queen. 🌺🌼🌸🌻🌷✌🏿️✌🏿✌🏿👑👑👑❤️❤️❤️ #blackouteid #eidmubarak #coachella #coachellafashion #butnoculturalappropriation A photo posted by Aisha Salaam (@aishiheartsubb) on Jul 17, 2015 at 11:25am PDT

Muslims perform prayers for Eid to mark the end of the holy fasting month, #Eastleigh, #Kenya. Pic by Boniface Mwangi pic.twitter.com/C3FH0OvT4w

— Reuters Africa (@ReutersAfrica) July 17, 2015

The next generation is ready to #BlackOutEid pic.twitter.com/5E49RgPtmp — Jamilah Bigelow (@jtbigelow) July 17, 2015

#eid #Bronx #ramadam #claremontpark

A photo posted by Tequila Minsky (@teqminsky) on Jul 17, 2015 at 12:53pm PDT

Gonna make a lot of aunties hella uncomfortable this #Eid & it will be great. #BlackOutEid pic.twitter.com/IN3f3iwgK5 — Abeer Syedah (@HaveYouHadAbeer) July 17, 2015

Eid Mubarak from my Sudani family to yours #EidAlFitr pic.twitter.com/cybIBfbkmK

— ابن حلفا (@LookItsMoe) July 17, 2015

Beautiful! Eid Mubarak sistar RT @RawanOG: We killin it lol #EidMubarak #BlackOutEid #Eritreans pic.twitter.com/EPk5DqORYI — ➰ (@CookedKitfo) July 17, 2015

Eid Mubarak 💐💙💙 pic.twitter.com/d2LBtNLGtm

— Bee (@ms_bilee) July 17, 2015

#blackouteid #EidMubarak My cousins 😍 pic.twitter.com/21reSsZELQ — deej ☮ (@The_DeeJ) July 17, 2015

Hamda Issa-Salwe is a second generation Somali residing in London where she studies fashion and is currently interning for an international luxury brand. Her interests include fashion, pop culture and social justice issues.