Sharbat Gula (translated as "Flower Sherbet", was born ca. 1972) - Afghan girl, who became famous because of a photo that was taken journalist Steve McCurry during the Afghan war, when Gula was living in a refugee camp in Pakistan. Photography became recognizable after appeared on the cover of National Geographic in June 1985. While Goulet was about 12 years old. Before the identity of Gul was established in 2002, it was called simply "Afghan girl» (Afghan Girl). Picture is sometimes compared with the portrait of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci and is called "Afghan Mona Lisa".
