"Let your children get the vaccination against polio. A small dose will prevent a big disaster."
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Women born in the 1950sWomen in sportsWomen from SudanSportspeople from SudanFilm directors from Sudan
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Sara Gadalla
Sara Gadallah Gubara al-Faki Ibrahim (born 23 April 1956) is a Sudanese swimmer and filmmaker, who was known for being the first Sudanese woman to participate in international swimming competitions, namely the Italian Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli long-distance swimming race in 1974. She was also known for being the first Sudanese woman to swim across the English Channel into France, despite having contracted polio as a child; and also as a pioneering filmmaker in her country; first assisting
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