SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Guardian - She’s an icon of Sudan’s revolution. But the woman in white obscures vital truths

24/4/19: Guardian – She’s an icon of Sudan’s revolution. But the woman in white obscures vital truths, by Nesrine Malik

 Nesrine Malik argues that the iconic image of Alaa Salah has "simplified a complicated story," in calls for a reflection of how class and ethnicity has been leveraged against Sudan's weak and disenfranchised.

 Malik argues that it is "tragically ironic" that the defining image of the revolt against a regime accused of ethnic cleansing, borrows from a Nubian culture limited to Arabised North Sudan.

 Malik then argues that the Salah's white toab, "traditionally worn by professional women in Sudan," should reflect how revolutions are told through the lens of the "more connected - [wealthy], educated and photogenic."

 Malik also notes the sexual harassment of Sudanese women at protests despite Salah's hailing as the personification of the Sudanese revolution, and argues that that the image falsely presents women's participation in the revolution as an exception, when "women jostle with men in most walks of life in Sudan."