institutional access

You are connecting from
Lake Geneva Public Library,
please login or register to take advantage of your institution's Ground News Plan.

Published loading...Updated

Her Eyes Captivated the Whole World. 40 Years Ago, a Portrait of an Afghan Girl Appeared on the Cover of a Magazine

Summary by Novinky.cz
The haunting green eyes that almost everyone in the world knows from photographs. They belong to the so-called Afghan Girl, who was photographed by American photographer Steve McCurry during his travels through refugee camps on the Afghan-Pakistani border. The portrait made it to the cover of National Geographic in June 1985 and became one of the most famous photographs in history. However, it brought the Afghan girl, whose name is Sharbat Gula,…

2 Articles

All
Left
1
Center
Right
Lean Left

The haunting green eyes that almost everyone in the world knows from photographs. They belong to the so-called Afghan Girl, who was photographed by American photographer Steve McCurry during his travels through refugee camps on the Afghan-Pakistani border. The portrait made it to the cover of National Geographic in June 1985 and became one of the most famous photographs in history. However, it brought the Afghan girl, whose name is Sharbat Gula,…

"The Afghan Girl": The shocking truth behind the famous National Geographic photo.

Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • 100% of the sources lean Left
100% Left
Factuality

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

gazzetta.gr broke the news in on Sunday, June 29, 2025.
Sources are mostly out of (0)