Who is the young Sudanese woman who has become an icon of the protests in her country

A young Sudanese woman, dressed in white, standing on the roof of a car, haranguing a crowd in front of the headquarters of the armed forces in Khartoum. The image quickly multiplied in social networks, reaffirming the key role of women in these protests against the Sudanese government.

"Sudanese women have always participated in the revolutions of this country", Alaa Salah explained to AFP after a video showed it singing and calling to fight the power of President Omar al Bashir, in front of the headquarters of the armed forces in Khartoum, while a multitude of lit screens move to the rhythm of their harangue.

Dressed in white, with Round gold earrings that reflect the light of a mobile phone tide around him, Alaa Salah has become a few days icon of the protests in Sudan.

Because of her figure and her dress, she was nicknamed "Kandaka" or "Queen of Nubia", in reference to the rulers who have marked the history of the region in antiquity.

According to this student of architecture and engineering of the Sudan International University in Khartoum, the history of your country is marked by influential queens. "It's part of our heritage"said.

Her recent notoriety has led her to create her Twitter account in which she writes that climbed "on the roof of a car to talk to the people, condemn racism and tribalism in all its forms".

"I wanted to speak on behalf of youth," he said in a tweet. "The fight for a democratic and prosperous Sudan continues".

From Saturday Sudanese demonstrators camp in front of the headquarters of the armed forces in Khartoum to ask for army support in this opposition to President Bashirwho has been running the country for 30 years.

Defying the canisters of tear gas, The women have been demonstrating since the beginning of the demonstrations in December and on Wednesday, the fifth day in front of the army headquarters, they were very present.

"Women are mbadively involved in such movements, not only to fight for their rights, but to defend them from the whole community (…). There is no difference between the two"said Salah.

"I am proud to participate in this revolution and I hope we will achieve our goal"he badured.

Bashir, 75, refuses to resign and decreed the state of emergency on February 22. According to an official report, 49 people have died since the beginning of the demonstrations.