The story behind the world’s most famous photograph | CNN
WEBMar 23, 2015 · The striking portrait of 12-year-old Sharbat Gula, a Pashtun orphan in the Nasir Bagh refugee camp on the Afghan-Pakistan border, was taken in December 1984 …
Afghan Girl | Wikipedia
McCurry made several unsuccessful attempts during the 1990s to find and identify the subject of the photograph. In January 2002, a National Geographic team traveled to Afghanistan to find her. Upon learning that the Nasir Bagh refugee camp was soon to close, McCurry inquired of its remaining residents, one of whom knew Gula's brother and was able to send word to her hometown. Several women falsely identified themselves as the Afghan Girl. In addition, after bei…
Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA licenseThe story of Steve McCurry & Sharbat Gula, the Afghan Girl
The Afghan Girl: A Life Revealed | National Geographic
WEBMar 31, 2002 · She became known around National Geographic as the “Afghan girl,” and for 17 years no one knew her name.
A Journey of Discovery: Steve McCurry and the Search …
WEBMay 9, 2023 · In 1984, Steve McCurry captured a striking photograph of a young Afghan girl in a refugee camp. Decades later, he embarked on a journey to discover her identity and the story behind her haunting gaze. …
37 years after her piercing green eyes gripped the world, 'Afghan …
WEBNov 27, 2021 · An Afghan woman who achieved international recognition after a striking photograph of her was featured on the cover of National Geographic is starting a new life …
The Story Behind Steve McCurry’s Iconic ‘Afghan Girl’ …
WEBJul 27, 2015 · McCurry was in an Afghan refugee camp in Pakistan in December 1984 when he came across the girl in a makeshift classroom. “I noticed this one little girl with these incredible eyes and I...
‘Afghan Girl’ From 1985 National Geographic Cover …
WEBNov 26, 2021 · Sharbat Gula, who became an international symbol of war-torn Afghanistan after her portrait at a refugee camp was published on the cover of National Geographic magazine in 1985, was evacuated...
Sharbat Gula | Wikipedia
WEBSharbat Gula (Pashto: شربت ګله; born c. 1972) is an Afghan woman who became internationally recognized as the 12-year-old subject in Afghan Girl, a 1984 portrait taken …
Iconic Afghan Girl in Steve McCurry’s National …
WEBNov 27, 2021 · More than 30 years later, Gula is displaced once again — as Afghanistan reels from conflict and instability after the hurried withdrawal of U.S. troops and the Taliban takeover in August.
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