--- description: Find out how Duaa Tariq is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. title: 2023 TIME100 Next: Duaa Tariq image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0235dad4a937ffdb/698a3ff4cabb1d41f5e51b73/time100-next-duaa-tariq-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Sep 13, 2023 # Duaa Tariq by [Karl Vick](/author/karl-vick/) ## Karl Vick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Editor at Large  Duaa Tariq Duaa TariqCourtesy Duaa Tariq In 2019, when the people of Sudan brought down the military dictatorship that had ruled the African nation for 30 years, it was by that rare thing: a peaceful, leaderless revolution. The movement was guided by both the professional class and grassroots activists like Duaa Tariq, who [helped organize protests](https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/sentence-handed-down-human-rights-defenders-duaa-tariq-and-hajooj-kuka "undefined") as part of a neighborhood resistance committee and, as a founder of the socially conscious art group ColorSudan, seeded a path forward. In 2021, the military returned to power in a coup, and this year turned Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, into a war zone. ColorSudan responded with antiwar graffiti in the streets and drawing sessions to help children deal with trauma, efforts originating from the emergency-response rooms where residents keep the half-emptied capital running and a movement alive. By day, locals distribute what Tariq calls “decolonized and localized aid.” Night finds her among the young activists moving through the neighborhood chanting, “You’re safe. Don’t be scared … Even when it gets dark and ugly, we are here around you.” --- ### More from TIME --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6311746/duaa-tariq/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6311746/duaa-tariq/"},"headline":"Duaa Tariq","datePublished":"2023-09-13T11:00:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:19:50.086Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6311746/duaa-tariq/","keywords":["TIME 100 Next","sponsorshipblock","time100nextartists23"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0235dad4a937ffdb/698a3ff4cabb1d41f5e51b73/time100-next-duaa-tariq-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Karl Vick","jobTitle":"Editor at Large","url":"https://time.com/author/karl-vick/"}],"creator":"Karl Vick","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0235dad4a937ffdb/698a3ff4cabb1d41f5e51b73/time100-next-duaa-tariq-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6311746/duaa-tariq/","name":"Duaa Tariq"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"See Everyone on the TIME100 Next List","description":"TIME100 Next, our annual franchise recognizing the rising leaders in health, climate, business, sports, the arts and more.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/QxIk3IJu/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2023-09-13T11:00:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/QxIk3IJu.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6311746/duaa-tariq/","duration":"PT1M58S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6311746/duaa-tariq/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```