Sharbat Gula

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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History and politics

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What Wikipedia says

Sharbat Gula (Pashto: شربت ګله; born c. 1972) is an Afghan woman who became internationally recognized as the 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.

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