national geographic green eyes thirty years later

[Liberal_in_LA]

he haunting image of the then 12-year-old Gula, taken in a refugee camp by photographer Steve McCurry, became the most famous cover image in National Geographic's history.
After a 17-year search, McCurry tracked Gula down to a remote Afghan village in 2002 where she was living married to a baker and the mother of three daughters.
However, she's being investigated because Pakistani officials discovered she was living in the country on fraudulent identity papers.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2968633/National-Geographic-Afghan-girl-Pakistan-papers-probe.html#ixzz3SuVCesHb

[Brigid]

1. I don't know how . . .

Pakistan is any improvement over Afghanistan, especially for a woman.

[mackerel]

2. Going solely by the photo, her life has not been pleasant.

[kath]

3. Eh, she is not smiling but otherwise looks like a normal 42-yr-old to me.

In some cultures, and during previous periods in the U.S., people don't/didn't smile for photos.

[mackerel]

4. It's in the eyes...no sense of hope.

[2naSalit]

5. She looks drained.

[Polybius]

6. I think she looks 52

Understandable considering the life she had.