Sharbat Gula
This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Tuesday, November 22, 2022 (part of Fall 2022)
category: 
Art
clue: Taking asylum in Italy last year is only the latest turn of events for this former (and formerly unknown) cover girl.
explanation: Gula was depicted in the famous photograph Afghan Girl, which was published on the June 1985 cover of National Geographic. Her identity was unknown until 2002. In her life, she has fled from Soviet bombs, been arrested in Pakistan for forged documents, and evacuated to Italy after the Taliban retook Afghanistan in 2021. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, and Richard Slominsky
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