Hi there, has Joana asked I'm posting here my part of the presentation.
Sharbat Gula was identified through several contacts that let to her brother. The national geographic team went to the refugee camp in Pakistan where she was seen for the last time, and that's where they found her brother, which they knew it was the right family because of his eyes.
But she couldn't meet a men outside family,so a woman went to meet her to photograph her again. The host of the show Explorer said he was certain it was the same person just by comparing the two photographs. Although, they need to make sure it was her, so they obtained verification through iris-scanning technology and face-recognition techniques.
After that, her family granted her permission to meet the photographer that made her picture 17 years ago. She was interviewed by McCurry, she remembered him because she had never been photographed; she had never seen her famous portrait before that day and she recalled being photographed because she remembers her head covering was full of holes because of a cooking fire.
She wanted people who knew her face to knowshe had survived the refugee camp, but she wanted to continue to live in obscurity and according to the customs of her culture and religion, she didn't wanted more interviewes nor being contacted again. And she was not interested in her particular fame, but pleased when knew that was a symbol of dignity and resilience of her people.
Then, her family was relocated in a different region, and she became a symbol of the refugees circumstances of life and helps drawing attention to the lives of Afghan women.
Sharbat Gula was photographed only twice in her live: in 1984 and when she was found.
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