Afghan Girl

Description

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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sharbat Gula
(born ca. 1972) is an Afghan woman who was the subject of a famous
photograph by journalist Steve McCurry. Gula was living as a refugee in
Pakistan during the time of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan when
she was photographed. The image brought her recognition when it was
featured on the cover of the June 1985 issue of National Geographic
Magazine at a time when she was approximately 12 years old. Gula was
known throughout the world simply as „the Afghan Girl“ until she was
formally identified in early 2002. The photograph has been likened to
Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the Mona Lisa and is sometimes popularly
referred to as „the Afghan Mona Lisa“.