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Afghan refugee on 1984 National Geographic cover embroiled in ID row
The Guardian ^ | 2-25-15 | Jon Boone

Posted on 02/26/2015 12:31:14 PM PST by fishtank

In 1984 a photo of a green-eyed girl staring out of the front cover of National Geographic became an icon of the plight of Afghan refugees forced by war into Pakistani refugee camps. Three decades on and a new picture of Sharbat Gula, this time a cheap mugshot of a middle-aged woman, has come to symbolise the hostility many Pakistanis feel towards people they believe have outstayed their welcome.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: afghan

Illigal immigrant into Paaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhkkkkkkkkeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssstttttttttttttttaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.

1 posted on 02/26/2015 12:31:14 PM PST by fishtank
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To: fishtank

...and now.

2 posted on 02/26/2015 12:31:47 PM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: fishtank

Happens, sadly, to the great majority of us.


3 posted on 02/26/2015 12:32:47 PM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: fishtank

Hahaha, you can’t fool me, that’s Igor from Young Frankenstein. Hard to tell with the hump...


4 posted on 02/26/2015 12:34:44 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: fishtank

Wow, she has really aged...

On the positive side, if your were her husband, you wouldn’t have to worry about her asking you “Does this dress make my butt look big?” because you wouldn’t be able to see it.


5 posted on 02/26/2015 12:35:29 PM PST by baltimorepoet
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To: tet68
Hahaha, you can’t fool me, that’s Igor from Young Frankenstein. Hard to tell with the hump...

"Damn your eyes."

6 posted on 02/26/2015 12:36:42 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: baltimorepoet
No, she hasn't

She goy heavier ... that's all

Her face is still tight, still got sexy lips and her eyes still captivate


And WE see differently these days as well.

7 posted on 02/26/2015 12:38:55 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but, they're true)
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To: tet68

“What hump?”


8 posted on 02/26/2015 12:39:24 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (The dog days are over /The dog days are done/Can you hear the horses? /'Cause here they come)
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To: baltimorepoet

Don’t make fun of it.

The way things are going right now in this country, your wife/mother/sister/daughter will be wearing burkas soon whether their butts are big or not.


9 posted on 02/26/2015 12:39:47 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: fishtank

She reminds me of Bomb Magnet woman.

10 posted on 02/26/2015 12:44:18 PM PST by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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To: fishtank

All I see in both pictures is fear.


11 posted on 02/26/2015 12:55:37 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: fishtank

How sad, what happened to The Most Beautiful Girl In The World.


12 posted on 02/26/2015 12:56:01 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: fishtank

I vividly remember that photo..they are the eyes against whom I compared all eyes...I didn’t find comparable eyes to marry until I was almost 30. :{)


13 posted on 02/26/2015 1:15:29 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: fishtank

National Geographic did a follow-up story on her a few years ago. I don’t recall the details, but I assume she was in Pakistan at that time, too. IIRC, the same photographer that snapped the 1984 picture did the update photos.


14 posted on 02/26/2015 1:15:33 PM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: dfwgator
"Damn your eyes."

"Too Late!"

15 posted on 02/26/2015 1:41:01 PM PST by gogeo (If you are Tea Party, the eGOP does not want you.)
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To: tet68
Hahaha, you can’t fool me, that’s Igor from Young Frankenstein. Hard to tell with the hump...

The hump moves from side to side too...


16 posted on 02/26/2015 5:40:07 PM PST by Rodamala
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