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In the News (Mon 9 Nov 09)

  
  Gula: gula gula island, gula sharbat, gula tidningen
Dina pamakéan sacara umum, gula nujul ka sukrosa, atawa "gula bodas", disakarida kristalin warna bodas.
Gula "basajan", atawa monosakarida, kayaning glukosa, mangrupakeun gudang énérgi nu dipaké ku sél.
Pentosa (gula 5 karbon) nu ngawengku ribosa jeung déoksiribosa, aya dina asam nukléat.
su.advantacell.com /wiki/Gula   (1045 words)

  
 Afghan Girl Found After 17 Years
Sharbat Gula was 13 when the photograph was taken in 1984, which would make her just over 30 now.
Sharbat Gula married shortly after the picture was taken, and has since given birth to four daughters, one of whom died as an infant.
According to the National Geographic, Sharbat Gula was completely unaware of the effect her picture has had, and had never seen it until the team arrived.
iona.ghandchi.com /AfghanGirl/ng.htm   (428 words)

  
 Omnipelagos.com ~ article "Sharbat Gula"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Gula was orphaned during the Soviet Union's bombing of Afghanistan and sent to the Nasir Bagh refugee camp in Pakistan in 1984.
Sharbat has expressed the hope that her girls will receive the education she was never able to complete.
Gula was one of the students in an informal school within the refugee camp; McCurry, rarely given the opportunity to photograph Afghan women, seized the opportunity and captured her image.
www.omnipelagos.com /entry?n=sharbat_%47ula   (544 words)

  
 Definition of Sharbat Gula
Sharbat Gula (born 1972) is a Afghan woman of Pashtun ethnicity.
Gula was orphaned during the Soviet Union's bombing of Afghanistan.
The team finally located Gula, then age 30, in a remote region of Afghanistan; she had returned to her native country from the refugee camp in 1992.
www.wordiq.com /definition/Sharbat_Gula   (499 words)

  
 Layne Redmond--Sharbat Gula Has Been Found   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Sharbat Gula was aged about 12 when an American photographer took her portrait in December 1984, an image that was to become a 20th-century icon after it made the June 1985 cover of National Geographic magazine.
Sharbat, a devout Muslim, said she regarded the burqa – much maligned in the West – as a beautiful part of her life, and said the Taliban had brought a sense of peace and security after the lawlessness that has plagued her country for years.
Because Sharbat Gula has come to symbolize the suffering of an entire generation of Afghan women and their children, the National Geographic Society is creating a special fund to assist in the development and delivery of educational opportunities for young Afghan women and girls.
www.layneredmond.com /sharbat1.htm   (1682 words)

  
 Sharbat Gula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sharbat Gula (Pashto: شربت گلا "sweetwater flower girl") (Sharbat is pronounced as Sherbet in English) is an Afghan woman of Pashtun ethnicity.
Gula was known throughout the world simply as the Afghan Girl until she was formally identified in 2002.
Gula was orphaned during the Soviet Union's bombing of Afghanistan and sent to the Nasir Bagh refugee camp in Pakistan in 1984.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sharbat_Gula   (606 words)

  
 afghan
The award-winning photographer led a National Geographic team that tracked her down in a remote Afghan village where she was identified as Sharbat Gula, now 30, married to a baker and the mother of three daughters.
The magazine will feature a photo spread of Sharbat Gula in its April edition, capturing her in the same pose as 17 years ago, with her hair covered by a purple veil and her piercing eyes looking directly into the camera lens.
The conclusions left no doubt that Sharbat Gula was indeed the orphan girl photographed by McCurry at the Nasir Bagh refugee camp over the border from Afghanistan in Pakistan in January 1984 during the Soviet-Afghan war.
www.dispatch.co.za /2002/03/15/features/AFGHAN.HTM   (396 words)

  
 a nice hot cup of tea please...
Gula was located nearly two decades after her picture appeared on the cover of National Geographic magazine in 1985.
Gula recalled the experience of being photographed as a child, she told McCurry, because she remembered how her head covering was full of holes after being scorched by a cooking fire.
Gula's life will be the subject of the cover story in the April issue of National Geographic, and the process of finding her and verifying her identity will be detailed in a television documentary premiering in the United States as a one-hour special report from National Geographic EXPLORER, Friday, March 15, at 9 p.m.
donuts.diaryland.com /020313_34.html   (1306 words)

  
 Face of the Afghan girl
Sharbat agreed to have her picture taken for the second time after 17 years and came out of her veil to tell her story.
McCurry will be helping Sharbat Gula in providing education to her children and to fulfill her dream of going to Mecca for a pilgrimage.
Sharbat Gula's eyes have retained all their fire and intensity but she's still quite beautiful despite all the hardship she to endure.
living.oneindia.in /celebrity/afghan_girl.html   (687 words)

  
 The Muckraker - Boston University Department of Journalism
Gula said that education is paramount and a path to a better life, especially for her two daughters.
Regan felt that Gula looked at her as a “symbol of promise,” since she is a professional, educated woman with a career.
Gula smiled and obliged the gesture by placing her hand on the opposite side of the glass.
www.bu.edu /com/muckraker/apr02/differentworlds.html   (832 words)

  
 Hartelijk Welkom !   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
In the mid-1990s, during a lull in the fighting, Sharbat Gula went home to her village in the foothills of mountains veiled by snow.
Sharbat says she hopes that her girls will get the education she was never able to complete.
Sharbat Gula does not know her exact age, but she is likely 28, 29, or 30.
home.tiscali.nl /monir/Sharbatgul/Sharbatgul.html   (1176 words)

  
 Misc
Gula was located nearly two decades after her picture appeared on the cover of National Geographic magazine in 1985.
Because Gula lives a traditional Muslim life behind the veil, Gula was not allowed to meet men outside her family.
When Gula agreed to have her picture taken for the second time in her life, she came out from the secrecy of her veil to tell her story.
www.khorsheed.com /pages/0402_e_misc_afghan.html   (466 words)

  
 Sharbat Gula Enciclopédia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Sharbat Gula (nasceu 1972) é uma mulher afegã da étnia Pashtun.
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www.1enciclopedia.com /topic/Sharbat_Gula.html   (671 words)

  
 Security - Security & Biometrics-Application of Biometric Technologies
One of the refugees he met and took pictures of was Sharbat Gula, when she was only 13 years old.
Sharbat Gula knew nothing of her fame until she met Steve McCurry for the second time in January 2002.
After making a series of adjustments to the iris recognition software, the scientists concluded that Sharbat Gula was positively the Afghan Girl- “The match of Sharbat Gula’s eyes to the eyes on the 1985 cover photo was irrefutable, as we achieved a 1 in 100 million probability of a false match.
www.technologyexecutivesclub.com /Articles/security/artBiometricsApplications.php   (1173 words)

  
 ARTICLE: We are NOT Oppressed! - www.ezboard.com
Sharbat Gula shied away from the camera and removed her veil from her face as if she was being asked to pose nude.
And if I find Sharbat Gula and if she is alive and if American bombs haven't killed her and her three little daughters, I will leave my reporter's pad, pencils, pens, and cameras at home.
Sharbat Gula had no problem with the Taliban because she said it brought order.
p214.ezboard.com /fratmrefugefrm4.showNextMessage?topicID=3.topic   (2408 words)

  
 The Hindu : A frozen gaze that will launch a fund
Sharbat Gula, in 1985 and now, in the striking portraits produced by National Geographic.
Life in Afghanistan as seen through the eyes of Sharbat Gula, whose haunting portrait appeared on the cover of National Geographic (NG) 17 years ago, is the theme of a major series being launched by the NG Society this month and an international fund-raising effort.
Sharbat's wide-eyed frozen gaze on the magazine cover and in other publications was described as ``the most recognised photograph'' in the 114-year history of National Geographic.
www.hindu.com /thehindu/2002/03/14/stories/2002031406321300.htm   (362 words)

  
 serendipiti0us's Xanga Site
Because Sharbat Gula lives a traditional Muslim life behind the veil, she was not allowed to meet men outside her family.
Sharbat Gula recalled the experience of being photographed as a child, she told McCurry, because she remembered how her head covering was full of holes after being scorched by a cooking fire.
When Sharbat agreed to have her picture taken for the second time in her life, she came out from the secrecy of her veil to tell her story.
www.xanga.com /serendipiti0us   (1761 words)

  
 Afghan Girl's Story Sparks School-Fund Donations
Inspired by Sharbat Gula, the "Afghan Girl" who was found years after her photograph was taken in a refugee camp, thousands of readers donated to the fund.
Many readers asked whether Sharbat Gula would receive any of the funds or whether National Geographic would compensate her for the use of her 1984 and 2002 photographs.
Sharbat's image, and now the telling of her story, has been very powerful in focusing attention on children in Afghanistan, Hudson said.
news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2002/04/0425_020426_sharbatupdate1_2.html   (576 words)

  
 The Hindu : A frozen gaze that will launch a fund
Sharbat Gula, in 1985 and now, in the striking portraits produced by National Geographic.
Life in Afghanistan as seen through the eyes of Sharbat Gula, whose haunting portrait appeared on the cover of National Geographic (NG) 17 years ago, is the theme of a major series being launched by the NG Society this month and an international fund-raising effort.
Sharbat's wide-eyed frozen gaze on the magazine cover and in other publications was described as ``the most recognised photograph'' in the 114-year history of National Geographic.
www.hinduonnet.com /2002/03/14/stories/2002031406321300.htm   (362 words)

  
 CountryReader On-line
Sharbat Gula, who now lives in Afghanistan with her husband and three daughters, was photographed as an unknown "Afghan girl" in a refugee camp in 1985.
conclusive determination that Sharbat Gula was indeed the same person as the individual who was photographed in 1984.
Sharbat Gula now lives in Afghanistan with her husband and three daughters.
www.countryroads.net /countryreader/story.cfm?story_id=131   (418 words)

  
 Kabul Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
Her name is Sharbat Gula, and she is Pashtun, that most warlike of Afghan tribes.
Sharbat says she hopes that her girls will get the education she was never able to complete.
Sharbat Gula does not know her exact age, but she is likely 28, 29, or 30.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/Afghanistan/Velayat_e_Kabol/Kabul-1118570/Things_To_Do-Kabul-R-2.html   (1315 words)

  
 Times Journal of Photography
One such image was that of Sharbat Gula, the mysterious"Afghan Girl" whose haunting green eyes intrigued countless people for almost two decades.
Sharbat's iconic image was shot in 1984 by photographer Steve McCurry in a refugee camp in Pakistan and appeared on the cover of National Geographic magazine in 1985.Over the years her face became famous around the world, although no one knew her name or what had become of her.
After she was found, the 'Afghan Girls Fund' was established in honour of Sharbat Gula to help provide educational opportunities for young women and girls in Afghanistan.More than U.S.$220,000 was contributed to the fund within a period of five weeks since it was created.
www.timesphotojournal.com /June2004/coverstory1.html   (1373 words)

  
 'The Green Eyed Girl' - Where is she now? | Take Great Pictures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Sharbat Gula is somewhere around the age of 29, with 3 daughters, one who is older than she was during her first and only other session in front of the camera...sitting for the same photographer.
Gula lives, in Jalalabat, Afghanistan, with her husband who is a baker, her mother-in-law and her brother; the same one who escaped with her after their parents were murdered years ago.
The world renown, green-eyed woman traveled a mile or so, across the border to Peshawar, Pakistan to meet Steve, an interpreter and a TV film crew to share her life's story.
www.takegreatpictures.com /default.aspx?path=/Articles/Details¶ms=object/4849/_design_/print   (241 words)

  
 shortcut to the self
After Sharbat's family granted permission for her to meet with the man who photographed her 17 years ago, McCurry knew immediately, even after so many years, that he had found her again.
A member of the Pashtun ethnic group in Afghanistan, Sharbat said she fared relatively well under Taliban rule, which, she feels, provided a measure of stability after the chaos and terror of the Soviet war.
According to Matson and McCurry, Sharbat Gula has returned to anonymity; the latest publicity about her name and face is unlikely to draw attention to her in Afghanistan.
wryters_blok.tripod.com /2005_01_01_archive.html   (3251 words)

  
 VnExpress - Hai thap ky di tim co gai Afghanistan co anh mat hut hon
Sharbat Gula không thể ngờ rằng bức chân dung mà một nhà báo thuộc tạp chí Địa lý Quốc gia Mỹ chụp khi cô mới 11 tuổi, trong một trại tị nạn ở Afghanistan, đã khiến bao người xúc động.
Sharbat Gula giờ đã có gia đình và là mẹ của 3 đứa con.
Gula kể lại sau khi chụp bức ảnh trên ít lâu, cô lấy chồng và sinh được 4 người con, một đứa đã mất khi vừa mới lọt lòng.
vnexpress.net /Vietnam/The-gioi/Tu-lieu/2002/03/3B9BA025   (801 words)

  
 Washingtonpost.com: Live Online
Repeated attempts to locate her again and identify her had been unsuccessful until January this year when McCurry and a National Geographic team made a final visit to the refugee camp, which was about to be demolished, and through a series of contacts found her again.
Her name is Sharbat Gula, and she lives in Afghanistan with her husband and three children.
Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.: Sharbat Gula seems to have had a sad life, though I guess this is not an uncommon experience for women of her generation.
discuss.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/zforum/02/world_geographic041002.htm   (2706 words)

  
 The Hawk Eye Newspaper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The photos of Gula as a child and now as an adult, the story of how she was found, and a brief history of her life grace the April National Geographic.
The story made the point that Sharbat Gula is a homemaker, a devout Muslim, poor, uneducated, married with three children, and looks much older than women whose lives are not half so hard.
That is bleak news for Sharbat Gula and 11 million women and girls whose hopes for change are still withering away, like their lives.
www.thehawkeye.com /COLUMNS/Sweet/2002/Sweet_0328.html   (779 words)

  
 Sharbat Gula informação aqui em pt.gillyflower.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Sharbat Gula (nasceu 1972) é uma mulher afegã da étnia Pashtun.
Gula, então com 12 anos de idade, era uma das estudantes em uma escola dentro do campo de refugiados.
A história de Sharbat Gula foi mostrada na edição de abril de 2002.
pt.gillyflower.info /north-georgia-cabins/Sharbat_Gula   (576 words)

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