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Sudan: the iconic women’s revolution

Editorial published on April 12, 2019

The women overthrew Omar Al-Bashir…. You’d think it is a joke. However, this is largely the reality. For several months now, Sudanese women have been mobilizing to claim their rights and freedoms in a society locked by tyrannical power.

In a few days, a 22-year-old Sudanese woman, Alaa Salah, became the muse of this protest movement, immortalized in an iconic photograph that travelled around the world in less than 24 hours. Women are at the heart of this unprecedented mobilization that led to the dismissal of Omar Al-Bashir by the army on April 11, after three decades of authoritarian rule.

As in Algeria, the country is undergoing a decisive turnaround: the power of the army, which is managing the transition, risks disappointing the democratic aspirations of a civil society that remains mobilized.

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  • ALAA SATIR (Soudan / Sudan)
    Sudan: the iconic women’s revolution - ALAA SATIR (Soudan / Sudan)
    "Liberté, paix, justice et révolution sont les choix du peuple" / "Freedom, peace, justice and the revolution is the people’s choice"
  • EMAD HAJJAJ (Jordanie / Jordan), Alaraby Aljadeed newspaper
    Sudan: the iconic women’s revolution - EMAD HAJJAJ (Jordanie / Jordan), Alaraby Aljadeed newspaper
    "Révolution du Soudan"
  • HANI ABBAS (Syrie-Palestine / Siria-Palestine)
    Sudan: the iconic women’s revolution - HANI ABBAS (Syrie-Palestine / Siria-Palestine)
  • BLEIBEL (Liban / Lebanon)
    Sudan: the iconic women’s revolution - BLEIBEL (Liban / Lebanon)
    "Coup d'Etat au Soudan"
  • ALI HAMRA (Syrie / Siria)
    Sudan: the iconic women’s revolution - ALI HAMRA (Syrie / Siria)
  • GLEZ (Burkina Faso)
    Sudan: the iconic women’s revolution - GLEZ (Burkina Faso)
    "In power since 1989"
  • OSAMA HAJJAJ (Jordanie / Jordan)
    Sudan: the iconic women’s revolution - OSAMA HAJJAJ (Jordanie / Jordan)
  • BRANDAN (Afrique du Sud / South Africa)
    Sudan: the iconic women’s revolution - BRANDAN (Afrique du Sud / South Africa)
    "Ne pas recycler - envoyer à la cour pénale internationale"
  • KHALID GUEDDAR (Maroc / Morocco)
    Sudan: the iconic women’s revolution - KHALID GUEDDAR (Maroc / Morocco)
  • TOM JANSSEN (Pays-Bas / Netherlands)
    Sudan: the iconic women’s revolution - TOM JANSSEN (Pays-Bas / Netherlands)
    "... très irrégulier...!!"
  • ALAA SATIR (Soudan / Sudan)
  • EMAD HAJJAJ (Jordanie / Jordan), Alaraby Aljadeed newspaper
  • HANI ABBAS (Syrie-Palestine / Siria-Palestine)
  • BLEIBEL (Liban / Lebanon)
  • ALI HAMRA (Syrie / Siria)
  • GLEZ (Burkina Faso)
  • OSAMA HAJJAJ (Jordanie / Jordan)
  • BRANDAN (Afrique du Sud / South Africa)
  • KHALID GUEDDAR (Maroc / Morocco)
  • TOM JANSSEN (Pays-Bas / Netherlands)