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Sharbat 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 by American photojournalist Steve McCurry that was later published as the cover photograph for the June 1985 issue of National Geographic.
Afghan Girl is a 1984 photographic portrait of Sharbat Gula, an Afghan refugee in Pakistan during the Soviet–Afghan War.The photograph, taken by American photojournalist Steve McCurry near the Pakistani city of Peshawar, appeared on the June 1985 cover of National Geographic.
Sharbat Gula, the woman who was photographed in an iconic 1984 magazine cover, was recently arrested in Pakistan.
Sharbat Gula had been living in Afghanistan since 2016. Sharbat Gula had been living in Afghanistan since 2016. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
The identity of the "Afghan Girl" remained unknown for over 17 years until McCurry and a National Geographic team located the woman, Sharbat Gula, in 2002. McCurry said, "Her skin is weathered; there are wrinkles now, but she is as striking as she was all those years ago."
Captured by Steve McCurry, the haunting portrait of Sharbat Gula — a refugee with piercing green eyes — became a powerful symbol of the Afghan conflict and human resilience.
The protagonist of the series, an unfortunate girl surrounded by neighbors with strong personalities. According to her character description, "she trips and falls a lot". Her design appears to be based on Sharbat Gula, an Afghan woman whose iconic photo appeared on the cover of the June 1985 issue of National Geographic.
Jiří Gula (born 1989), Czech ice-hockey player; Leonardo Gula (born 1914), Argentine boxer; Qamar Gula (1952–2022), Afghan singer; Sharbat Gula (born ca. 1972), Afghan woman who was the subject of a famous December 1984 photograph by journalist Steve McCurry that was on the cover of the June 1985 issue of National Geographic Magazine