A hashtag is going viral in Arabic which has Twitter users in the Middle East describing what they would do if the power was in their hands. While some have taken it very seriously, saying that they would seek revenge on their enemies, others have adopted a more light-hearted and humorous tone.
Viral hashtags are common on Twitter in Arabic. So far in 2016, there have been hashtags asking for the loudspeakers of mosques to be banned, for gay rights to be respected, and even one which provoked debate with its wording: “Women are boring.”
Here are some of the Tweets from “If the power was in my hands” - #اذا_السلطه_بايدي.
#اذا_السلطه_بايدي بحكم بالعدل
— نور الزهراء (@nourzahraa26) March 14, 2016
If the power was in my hands I would govern with equality
#اذا_السلطه_بايدي ما ابقي فقير تحت ايدي
— Ahmed Uchiha (@AhmUchiha) March 14, 2016
If the power was in my hands, I wouldn’t stay poor
#اذا_السلطة_بإيدي
— Dr.Laura.H.Nasrallah (@laura_nasrallah) March 13, 2016
بعمل قانون يلزم المواطنين بالاستحمام 5 مرات بالصيف
If the power was in my hands, I’d make laws to force people to shower five times [per day] in the summer
#اذا_السلطه_بايدي ممنوع يبلش الدوام قبل ال 10
— imane bazzi (@ImaneBazzi) March 14, 2016
If the power was in my hands it'd be forbidden to start work before 10 am
#اذا_السلطه_بايدي كنت أعدمت الفقر
— minister of happines (@hamdyy67) March 14, 2016
If the power was in my hands, I would eradicate poverty
#اذا_السلطة_بإيدي كنت بسفر كل الحكومات في لبنان مع الزبالة
— jihad (@JihadGoldstar20) March 14, 2016
If the power was in my hands, I'd put all the governments in Lebanon in the trash
#اذا_السلطه_بايدي آخذ ثار شهيدنا #نمر_النمر
— Ahmed Uchiha (@AhmUchiha) March 14, 2016
If the power was in my hands I'd take revenge for our martyred [Sheikh] Nimr Al-Nimr
