here is a story from August 2011, back when the Saudi Eid Moon sighting controversy took place. This created a lot of buzz online especially on Twitter. in order to explain what happanned im qouting the article from storyful.com which was also kind enough to include my drawing in the article:
Eid al-Fitr is the first day of the holiday in which Muslims stop fasting. It is determined by seeing the Hilal, or crescent moon, which indicates the beginning of the next lunar month, marking the end of Ramadan, the Islamic Holy month of fasting.
Saudi Arabia officially stated on Monday that Tuesday, Aug. 30 is the first day of Eid.
Then, on Tuesday, various sources began claiming that “Saturn” was mistaken for the Hilal. This caused public dispute and #zo7al (Saturn) to trend on twitter.
All of this happened the night before Eid Al Fitr so you can imagine what the situation was like. I was preparing for the big day ( shaving and stuff ) and I got distracted by the #zo7al hashtag on Twitter. I decided to join the trolling crowd and make a sketch that mocks the situation. It was a quick sketch that I prepared in 10 minutes and made my brother
upload it on Twitter. A lot of people liked the drawing and it got tons of retweets and more than 10,000 views. So I’m guessing this is probably my most succesful drawing ever ( and the quickest lol ). The sketch shows a GCC citizen from earth feeling relieved cuz he finally sighted the Eid moon. The only problem is that its not really the moon. Its just Mr.Saturn trolling us poor earthlings with a fake moon. why you little … !
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