By far the most important thing in X-land is the hashtag, #طيران الامارات or (Emirates Airlines) receiving a cocktail of both praise and bother. Some tweets voiced their anger over a grounded flight that kept passengers at DXB for 5 hours, while others were singing the company's praises, informing the Twitterverse of the perks of booking a “My Emirates Pass” ticket.

Yesterday was also a stream of UCL matches: The most searched on X was باريس# following Paris Saint Germain's 1-1 draw with Borussia Dortmund. Football fiends will also notice ميلان# for AC Milan’s 2-1 victory over the KSA owned Newcastle United.