Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @AmiraElghawaby
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
993
Earliest tweet was on
2023-02-11
Latest tweet was on
2023-02-21
Tweets covering
10 days
Average age of authors' accounts
7 years
Summarization
Canada’s federal government has hired Amira Elghawaby as their Islamophobia Officer, although there have been criticisms of this appointment. Elghawaby looks to combat Islamophobia in Canada. There have been both positive support and negative criticism of her appointment, but many look forward to her leadership in the battle against Islamophobia. Elghawaby is also accountable for her stance on Islamophobic words and ideas. There is an ongoing debate on free speech, censorship and accountability. Controversy around Elghawaby and her position seems to be ongoing, as people continue to either support or criticize her.
Topic Modeling
- Federal Government of Canada hiring an Islamophobia Officer
- Criticism of @AmiraElghawaby
- London Terror Attack and its Aftermath
- Celebration of @AmiraElghawaby
- Criticism of @AmiraElghawaby's Appointment
Emotional Analysis
The emotions expressed in these tweets range from joy and congratulations to criticism and opposition. People are expressing joy and congratulations for Amira Elghawaby's appointment to the role of Islamophobia officer, and for her leadership in fighting Islamophobia. Others are expressing opposition to the appointment and to the role itself, as well as criticism of Elghawaby's qualifications for the role. Some are also expressing anger and frustration at the appointment, as well as at the lack of recognition of Islamophobia in Canada.
Trend Analysis
- Hiring of Islamophobia Officer
- Criticism of the role and appointment of the officer
- Challenging/combatting Islamophobia
- Censoring of Islamophobia comments/discourse
- Celebration of the appointment of the officer
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
156
Percentage of total tweets
15%
Number of Original tweets
71
Percentage of total tweets
7%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
993
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
688
Percentage of total tweets
69%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
116
Percentage of total tweets
11%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
128
Percentage of total tweets
12%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
Source | Count |
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Twitter Web App | 360 |
Twitter for Android | 318 |
Twitter for iPhone | 239 |
Twitter for iPad | 67 |
TweetDeck | 6 |
What devices were used to tweet

Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
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YasMohammedxx | Yasmine Mohammed 🦋 ياسمين محمد | The function of freedom is to free someone else ~Toni Morrison|#FreeFromHijab|Founder of #FreeHeartsFreeMinds🦋Author of Unveiled📖Host of #ForgottenFeminists🎙 | 129,027 |
oliviachow | Olivia Chow | ED and founder of @ichangeleaders former MP/city councillor, artist, and author of a best selling memoir My Journey. | 110,074 |
ShAbdiHersy | Sheikh Abdi Hersy | Imam & Scholar. Religion, social & political analyst. MBA, PhD candidate. UMN, WGU & GTF. Y&F: https://t.co/u9yFqbvp5n https://t.co/o4LCFZROpP | 103,705 |
AmarAmarasingam | Amarnath Amarasingam | Prof @QueensU | Work: Extremist/social movements, sociology of religion, conspiracy theories, online community, MENA, South Asia | Hip-Hop🎤 | 60,926 |
JanisIrwin | Janis Irwin | MLA, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood • she/her | 59,146 |
IngridMattson | Dr. Ingrid Mattson | Muslim scholar of Islamic Studies focused on ethical living. https://t.co/jFIOQMba5E @hurma_project @TheologyHuron #Quran #Muslim #ethics #Islam | 58,157 |
imraansiddiqi | Imraan Siddiqi | Executive Director @cairwashington. Views are my own. | 48,546 |
HanyaToderoff | ♠️ ACE of Spades™ | Member of the IFP Gallery: Political Commentator/#SpacesHost/World Traveller/Writer/Editor/Citizen Journalist Nature/Arts Lover 🧡 Opinions: Mine | 48,378 |
David_Moscrop | David Moscrop: Subscribe to my Substack. It’s fun! | Book: Too Dumb for Democracy? https://t.co/ZmugpVKnAo; Column: @postopinions; Pod: Open to Debate; https://t.co/vxa4kgcuom. | 43,900 |
JulieSLalonde | Julie S. Lalonde | 6x award-winning feminist buzzkill. Public educator. Franco-ontarienne. 🏳️🌈 Femme. I believe in high heels & high standards. Resilience is futile, babyyy✌🏻 | 43,076 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
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Cocolicquot | Babs | I saved a lady being mugged on the metro. I got a most-wanted pedophile arrested after I saw him on TV. Translator. Femme fatale. Franglais ⚜️ | 13,296 |
ErrolNazareth | Errol Nazareth | Host of Frequencies on @cbcmusic * Host of @CBCBigCity on @cbcradio 1 * Instructor @CentennialEDU & @humbercollege * BASS * Black tea * @Arsenal | 13,147 |
WaytowichNeil | Neil Before Zod™ | "One of the most negative, nasty voices on Twitter" - Erin O'Toole. I'm the Neil Waytowich you were warned about. Twitter vulgarian who comments about #cdnpoli. | 12,415 |
rexglacer | Rex Glacer | 🇨🇦RCAF Veteran 30 yrs service & former small businesses owner. Harley rider, licensed R/PAL, Motorhome wanderer. FFS be proud of your country stop apologizing | 10,983 |
nejsnave | jennifer evans 🇵🇸 | Former chair @whiteribbon @TECHNATIONca. Founder @B2BNewsNetwork. Chair, https://t.co/QToX0APvif. Sued Twitter + won. #mutualaid DM for help w groceries or bills | 8,789 |
JanisIrwin | Janis Irwin | MLA, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood • she/her | 7,880 |
004nino | Jean Lebrun | Retraité.Égalité,fraternité,justice,liberté,nationaliste, Aka Giovanni Bruno Aka Giovanni Wolfmann Bruno contre le virus de la corruption ,les injustices | 6,621 |
dakotakochie | Dakota Kochie | Public Affairs pro | Ojibwe | Advocate for the environment, Indigenous rights, & equality for all | 6,592 |
JrGellein | Real 🌊 Ray 🇨🇦 | 'To anger a Conservative, tell them a lie'...😇 'To anger a Liberal, tell them the truth'...🧐 Exposing 🇨🇦's ...'Good, Bad and Ugly'...🧐😇 🚫 DM's | 6,349 |
ICLMG | ICLMG | The International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group is a coalition of 47 Canadian CSOs that defends human rights in the context of the 'war on terror' https://t.co/OuhSuq52Lj | 6,298 |
Most active users
Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
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residentJihadi | Jihad - A human's internal struggle to better themselves each day. | 42 |
PhilChose | Ni #démocratie ni vivre-ensemble possibles sans #laïcité.Pas de #religion dans l'État. Aucune!#languefrançaise#polQc #polCan | 23 |
Adilpirbhai | - | 21 |
sevigny_michael | Les trolls trop lâches pour s’afficher nom et photo, magasinez vous une paire de couilles voulez-vous | 19 |
Marlne92899030 | “ La conscience est la lumière de l'intelligence pour distinguer le bien du mal ” | 18 |
GinTonHic | « Chiâleuse de première force », on m'a déjà dit. C'est un compliment, à ce qu'il paraît. (Mes tweets n'engagent que moi.) | 17 |
Gilbro2010 | La forme la + élémentaire de racisme est de croire en l'existence des races. NonThéiste/Universaliste/ Gai, pas queer. Appelez-moi par mon nom, pas un pronom. | 13 |
JamesSn11471634 | A man for all seasons | 13 |
beelitzplustz | 📍sachsen(-anhalt) 💛 liberal & bei den julis und so 💬 spricht 🇩🇪🇬🇧🇪🇦, lernt 🇹🇼🇧🇷 und fängt mit 🇫🇷🇸🇪 an | 11 |
GalacticCurrent | - | 9 |
Tweets per day

Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
ID | Text | Retweet count |
---|---|---|
1626328913160056832 | In #Canada, the federal govt has hired an Islamophobia officer. @CLARITyCoal “opposes @AmiraElghawaby’s appointment to the role and the role of ‘Islamophobia’ officer itself.” Read more: https://t.co/bz6EqjfLA6 https://t.co/vzLbhEkPRb | 129 |
1627772123874840599 | POLL: Should govt accts be able to lock comments? Antisemitic ambassador @AmiraElghawaby is yet another 🇨🇦 govt representative censoring discourse Retweet this collective plea to @elonmusk calling on @Twitter to enforce #FreeSpeech for govt accts #cdnpoli #1A #Twitter #Pravda | 37 |
1628114963184091137 | @adamseekar @ExmuslimSahil @JusticeOfAllah @ExMuslimSameer you can arrange a debate on "बुर्के के नीचे क्या है"? And Invite Guests like @RanaAyyub @SeharShinwari @zoo_bear @IlhanMN @JordanUhl @AIMPLB_Official @TanveerPost @AmiraElghawaby @islaminind @AhmedKhabeer_ @khanumarfa https://t.co/l5Onuab73D | 18 |
1627266097031389185 | Coucou @JustinTrudeau ! Envoyez vite @AmiraElghawaby là-bas combattre l'islamophobie. Merci 🙏 https://t.co/4Wwz3FuGRK | 16 |
1627835120311754754 | Canada's first special rep on combatting #Islamophobia officially took office today, but @AmiraElghawaby has been under fire in Quebec - ironically for pointing out Islamophobia. @nenshi tells us why he finds it 'odd' political leaders aren't speaking up. https://t.co/37ZX44Yyni | 15 |
1626331436713402368 | @real_Abdullah15 @CLARITyCoal @AmiraElghawaby That’s exactly it. She’s made it clear that she has no intention of distinguishing between bigotry against people and criticism of ideas. https://t.co/4gVbGRbeJR | 15 |
1627794176464113664 | Le jour où vous, madame @AmiraElghawaby combattrez aussi l'islamo-homophobie et l'islamo-misogynie, peut-être qu'à ce moment là je penserai à vous accompagner dans votre lutte identitaire. Pas avant. https://t.co/B3bc40TWuc | 14 |
1624944807092297733 | My take on Islamophobia in Canada with @GlobalCalgary. The former mayor of Calgary @nenshi articulated the matter very eloquently. @AmiraElghawaby shouldn’t be forced to apologize for the exact job that she was nominated to lead!👇 https://t.co/idRNsghdTy https://t.co/bxZf8ypGCx | 12 |
1627748351767633920 | In the aftermath of the London Terror attack, we pushed for change. The Special Representative on Islamophobia office was a central policy that our community fought for. We look forward to continuing to work with @AmiraElghawaby and all Canadians to challenge Islamophobia. https://t.co/7EyNAl3Wa8 | 12 |
1625842643245625347 | À quand des excuses de @JustinTrudeau, pour ce crime du colonialisme anglais? ... en espérant que ça ne fera pas vomir @AmiraElghawaby... #patriotes https://t.co/NQWLrUlMaa | 11 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
ID | Text | Like count |
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1626328913160056832 | In #Canada, the federal govt has hired an Islamophobia officer. @CLARITyCoal “opposes @AmiraElghawaby’s appointment to the role and the role of ‘Islamophobia’ officer itself.” Read more: https://t.co/bz6EqjfLA6 https://t.co/vzLbhEkPRb | 453 |
1627794176464113664 | Le jour où vous, madame @AmiraElghawaby combattrez aussi l'islamo-homophobie et l'islamo-misogynie, peut-être qu'à ce moment là je penserai à vous accompagner dans votre lutte identitaire. Pas avant. https://t.co/B3bc40TWuc | 109 |
1627748351767633920 | In the aftermath of the London Terror attack, we pushed for change. The Special Representative on Islamophobia office was a central policy that our community fought for. We look forward to continuing to work with @AmiraElghawaby and all Canadians to challenge Islamophobia. https://t.co/7EyNAl3Wa8 | 106 |
1627164860717965312 | So much joy tonight!! A room full of love, laughter and wisdom to celebrate the incredible @AmiraElghawaby and her leadership, before she starts her mandate next week. Congratulations Amira, you got this. Go forth and shine bright! #WomenSupportingWomen https://t.co/MjqBzefljK | 82 |
1626331436713402368 | @real_Abdullah15 @CLARITyCoal @AmiraElghawaby That’s exactly it. She’s made it clear that she has no intention of distinguishing between bigotry against people and criticism of ideas. https://t.co/4gVbGRbeJR | 75 |
1626349232289378308 | @YasMohammedxx @jordanbpeterson @CLARITyCoal @AmiraElghawaby Over 20 years ago when I immigrated to Canada , had no idea that I still have to be watched over by Islam police !!! And keep my mouth shut. This is a slap on the face of anyone that has suffered in the hands of extremist Muslims | 73 |
1627805521888567298 | @Gilbro2010 @AmiraElghawaby La pauvre est obligée de commencer son mandat sur twitter en empêchant les réponses. Ça part bien un dialogue national je trouve...😬 | 69 |
1627266097031389185 | Coucou @JustinTrudeau ! Envoyez vite @AmiraElghawaby là-bas combattre l'islamophobie. Merci 🙏 https://t.co/4Wwz3FuGRK | 43 |
1628114963184091137 | @adamseekar @ExmuslimSahil @JusticeOfAllah @ExMuslimSameer you can arrange a debate on "बुर्के के नीचे क्या है"? And Invite Guests like @RanaAyyub @SeharShinwari @zoo_bear @IlhanMN @JordanUhl @AIMPLB_Official @TanveerPost @AmiraElghawaby @islaminind @AhmedKhabeer_ @khanumarfa https://t.co/l5Onuab73D | 38 |
1627755421468397600 | @AmiraElghawaby Congratulations! I wish you all success, strength, resolve and love on this new journey.❤️ | 37 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets

Top 10 Hashtags used
Hashtag | Count |
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#islamophobia | 23 |
#polqc | 12 |
#cdnpoli | 12 |
#polcan | 11 |
#amiraelghawaby | 11 |
#canada | 10 |
#iwanttopuke | 9 |
#personanongrata | 8 |
#quebec | 6 |
#québec | 5 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions
Mention | Count |
---|---|
@amiraelghawaby | 1018 |
@yasmohammedxx | 162 |
@claritycoal | 145 |
@justintrudeau | 96 |
@jordanbpeterson | 56 |
@gilbro2010 | 54 |
@martinlangevin1 | 47 |
@nccm | 42 |
@tarekfatah | 40 |
@philchose | 24 |
Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
27
Emojis used in tweets
Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
---|---|---|
🥱 | 29 | yawning_face |
😂 | 18 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
🤣 | 15 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
👏 | 12 | clapping_hands |
👭 | 12 | women_holding_hands |
❤️ | 10 | red_heart |
🍀 | 10 | four_leaf_clover |
🇨🇦 | 8 | Canada |
💗 | 7 | growing_heart |
🍅 | 6 | tomato |
Emojis groups
Emoji Group | Count |
---|---|
Smileys & Emotion | 137 |
People & Body | 76 |
Flags | 13 |
Animals & Nature | 13 |
Food & Drink | 8 |
Symbols | 8 |
Travel & Places | 8 |
Activities | 6 |
Objects | 3 |