22-year-old's image symbol­ised the protes­t moveme­nt agains­t Omar Bashir­The young woman in a photo who has come to symbolise Sudan’s protest movement, Alaa Salah, is a 22-year-old architecture student from Khartoum. Salah said she was happy that the image, taken on April 8 at a demonstration in the Sudanese capital, had been viewed so widely. Salah said she does not come from a political background, and took to the streets to fight for a better Sudan. “The toub has a kind of power and it reminds us of the Kandakas,” Salah said. Alaa Salah, the 'Nubian queen' who stood against Omar al-Bashir.

Source: The Express Tribune April 11, 2019 15:56 UTC