Twitterstorms continue: an end to misunderstandings about time zones

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Samer IssawiYesterday, the Twitter actions initiated by the Free Samer Issawi Campaign met with some unforeseen confusion. In the USA, the clock was turned back to summer time, so the Campaign which is based in the United States went online to tweet one hour earlier in comparison to other time zones.

 

To avoid a repeat of this confusion, it has been decided that Palestine time will remain the reference. This means that the Twitter timings for now, have become: 3pm EST/7 pm GMT/ 9pm Palestine time.

 

If you live in the United States, please note this time change! It’s 3 pm now !

 

Confusion all over, and many of the people who have grown accustomed to the Twitterstorm timings were tweeting yesterday at their usual time, while the Campaign had already finished its hour of tweeting (and got Twitterjailed, by the way). Due to this confusion, the hashtag failed to trend worldwide for the first time in March! To see all the successful trends of the campaign, please check out this article, which is continuously updated with the new Worldwide Trending screenshots (scroll down on that page to see them all).

 

When Palestine changes to summer time, we will do our best to announce the change amply ahead of time, so that people don’t get wrong-footed again. Please share this article widely, so that  hopefully we will all be there again at the same time. We have promised to keep this up until Samer Issawi is free, and we intend to keep our promise!

 

Keep following @samerissawi1, which is the main account of the Campaign, and is manned alternately by various members of the team.

 

On behalf of the Free Samer Issawi Campaign,

new campaign member Doc Jazz (@docjazzmusic)

 

 

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Doc Jazz

Doc Jazz is a Palestinian musician, currently based in the United Arab Emirates. He was born and raised in the Netherlands, which is where he started his first musical endeavors. He works full-time as a surgeon, and produces his songs in his free time. He usually does all the instruments and vocals in his recordings by himself. His music, which covers a wide variety of genres ranging from funky pop and jazz all the way to rap and Arabic music, has been featured on many media outlets in the Netherlands, in the Middle East, and elsewhere. The Palestinian cause plays a big role in the themes of his songs.

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