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Sudan’s Protest Icon Alaa Salah “Just One of the Million”

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Sudanese student Alaa Salah became a symbol of the country’s uprising against former President Omar al-Bashir after a photo and video of her emerged-on April 10.  In the images, Salah is standing on a car in a white, traditional dress, chanting with protesters. But while Salah's image brought attention to Sudan’s demonstrations, and the front-line role of women, some, including Salah herself, say she has been inflated as an icon of the revolution. Ruud Elmendorp reports from Khartoum.

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