Afghan Girl ( a journey )

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Sharbat Gula in 1984; photo by Steve McCurry. Sharbat Gula (born 1972) is a Afghan woman of Pashtun ethnicity. Her face became famous as a cover photograph on a 1985 issue of National Geographic magazine. Gula was orphaned during the Soviet Union's bombing of Afghanistan. While at the Nasir Bagh refugee camp in Pakistan in 1984, her picture was taken by National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry. Gula was one of the students in an informal school within the refugee camp; McCurry, rarely given the opportunity to photograph Afghan women, seized the opportunity and captured her image. Although her name was not known, her picture, titled "Afghan Girl," appeared on the June 1985 cover of National Geographic magazine. The image of her face, with a red scarf draped loosely over her head and with her piercing green eyes staring directly into the camera, became a symbol both of the 1980s Afghan conflict and of the refugee situation worldwide. The image itself was named as "the most recognized photograph" in the history of the magazine. The identity of the "Afghan Girl" remained unknown for over 15 years; Afghanistan remained largely closed to Western media until after the overthrow of the Taliban government in 2001. Although McCurry made several attempts during the 1990s to locate her, he was unsuccessful. Sharbat Gula in 2002; photo by Steve McCurry. In January of 2002, a National Geographic team travelled to Afghanistan to locate the subject of the now-famous photograph. McCurry, upon learning that the Nasir Bagh refugee camp was soon to close, inquired of its remaining residents, one of whom knew Gula's brother and was able to send word to her hometown. The team finally located Gula, then age 30, in a remote region of Afghanistan; she had returned to her native country from the refugee camp in 1992. Her identity was confirmed using biometric technology which matched iris patterns to those of the photograph with virtual certainty. She vividly recalled being photographed -- she had never had her picture taken before or since. In the late 1980s, Gula married; she had had four children, all girls, one of whom died as an infant. Gula was entirely unaware of the impact which her photo had made on Western audiences. Her story was featured in the April 2002 issue of National Geographic and was the subject of a television documentary which aired in March 2002. In recognition of her, National Geographic set up a charitable fund with the goal of benefitting Afghan women.

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[pakhtooni]

very nicely done ,dill ro ba ma to mar giya

[mhtechnology]

O yara sharbat gulla thi, in her eyes same fear, anger, mystery, suffering, beauty, the questions.

[unnst]

what is the name of the song?

[mhtechnology]

ek hassina thi........

[NokiaAfridi]

Nice MH da PUKHTANA Khoor da Gora Farsiwana na da .........Za MUSLMAN ta HINDU nasham wail ..........Zan ta Bal num warkay taso .. raname it..

[mhtechnology]

well, she was one hundred percent girl no doubt

[BedazzleGlitterGal]

Sharbat does have 3 daughters and only wants a education for them and a good life, not materialism., she is brave and beautiful on the inside and out!..

[trancegurl84]

im Afghan and have green eyes, but there blue on the outside, green al over with black speckles running all through them. People always say i have the craziest eys because there just unlike anyone elses....

[AttentionHog]

@vlatislava I would not call her scary...I actually think she is very interesting....How could a person go that long without being seen? So many questions have not been answered....

[ZwaanAfghan]

nice upload

[haraych]

I hope she is still alive after his visit. poor woman....

[vlatislava]

she is scary,i got scared from her,really people look at her closer she looks like dead person her face nd eyes nd the way she look

[AFGhanprincess92]

the story is really cool

and she has beautiful eyes

[pashtana39]

thank you so much . great job on the video.

awesome song .