Salah's white robe, a traditional Sudanese thoub, recalled the dress of female Sudanese protesters against previous dictatorships, as well as that of student protestors who were referred to as "Kandakas" after ancient Nubian queens.[11] Her golden earrings are traditional feminine wedding attire.[11] Commentators called the pose "the image of the revolution".[11] Hala Al-Karib, a Sudanese women's rights activist said: "It is a symbol of an identity of a working woman — a Sudanese woman that's capable of doing anything but still appreciates her culture."[12]