In 1984, a 12-year-old Afghan girl named Sharbat Gula sat in a simple classroom inside a refugee camp in Pakistan. She had fled the Soviet-Afghan War with her family, leaving her village and almost everything she knew behind. That day, photographer Steve McCurry asked to take her picture. She had never been photographed before. A year later, her face — bright green eyes, red headscarf, that intense, unsure stare — appeared on the cover of National Geographic. The world knew her only as “The Afgh
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"Afghan Girl" is a photograph taken by Steve McCurry in 1984 in a refugee camp in Peshawar and published in National Geographic in 1985. The image became a symbol of the war in Afghanistan and the suffering of refugees. In 2002, its protagonist, Sharbat Gula, was found and photographed again after 17 years. | Alessio Musella
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Photo by Steve McCurry // A portrait of an Afghan Girl, Sharbat Gula, at Nasir Bagh refugee camp in Peshawar, Pakistan in 1984 during the Soviet-Afghan War. ### My new book, which will contain my collage works made with photographs of events that show us the effects of war on our world, is now available for pre-order. I am anticipating your support for my art. Thank you for your support. ❤️ Pre-Order link is on my bio or ugurgallenkus.com | ugurgallen
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