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Dec 12, 2017 · Sharbat Gula’s piercing green eyes made her an instant icon. Orphaned at age six during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, she had trekked by foot to Pakistan with her siblings and...
Nov 25, 2021 · ROME — National Geographic magazine's famed green-eyed "Afghan Girl" has arrived in Italy as part of the West's evacuation of Afghans following the Taliban takeover of the country, the...
Nov 25, 2021 · Thu 25 Nov 2021 11.04 EST. National Geographic magazine’s famed green-eyed “ Afghan Girl ” has arrived in Italy as part of the west’s evacuation of Afghans after the Taliban takeover of the...
Gula's green eyes have been the subject of much commentary. Sharbat Gula. 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 ...
Nov 27, 2021 · Saturday 27 November 2021 09:28, UK. The striking photo of Sharbat Gulla was taken in a refugee camp when she was 12 years old. Pic: AP. Why you can trust Sky News. An Afghan woman who achieved ...
The photo, which shows a girl with a striking green eye colour, looking straight into the lens with a piercing stare, became a symbol of the Afghan conflict and the problems affecting refugees around the world. The image is the only one to have been used three times on a National Geographic cover. (The first was June 1985.
Nov 26, 2021 · November 26, 2021 / 4:57 AM EST / AP. Rome — National Geographic magazine's famed green-eyed "Afghan Girl" has arrived in Italy as part of the West's evacuation of Afghans following the...
