Why was she arrested in Pakistan in 2016?

For an allegedly forged identity card

Sharbat Gula Quiz: Finding the Afghan Girl Years Later

This sharbat gula quiz looks into a pair of sea-green eyes. Play 10 interactive questions on Steve McCurry's 1984 portrait in a refugee camp in Pakistan, the National Geographic cover of June 1985, years when her identity was unknown, finding her in 2002, confirming her identity with iris recognition, her arrest in Pakistan in 2016 and her resettlement in Italy in 2021.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Who
Who photographed Sharbat Gula in 1984?
Where
Where was the portrait taken?
Cover
Which magazine put the photo on its cover in 1985?
Eyes
What feature made the portrait unforgettable?
Unknown
How long was her identity unknown?
Found
When was she found again?
Iris
Which technology helped confirm her identity?
Arrest
Why was she arrested in Pakistan in 2016?
Italy
Where did she resettle in 2021?
Country
Which country is Sharbat Gula from?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who photographed Sharbat Gula in 1984?
Answer: Steve McCurry
An American photographer.
Q2: Where was the portrait taken?
Answer: A refugee camp in Pakistan
Near Peshawar.
Q3: Which magazine put the photo on its cover in 1985?
Answer: National Geographic
June 1985.
Q4: What feature made the portrait unforgettable?
Answer: Her striking green eyes
Intense gaze.
Q5: How long was her identity unknown?
Answer: About 17 years
Until 2002.
Q6: When was she found again?
Answer: 2002
By a search team.
Q7: Which technology helped confirm her identity?
Answer: Iris recognition
Matching her eyes.
Q8: Why was she arrested in Pakistan in 2016?
Answer: For an allegedly forged identity card
Then deported.
Q9: Where did she resettle in 2021?
Answer: Italy
After the Taliban takeover.
Q10: Which country is Sharbat Gula from?
Answer: Afghanistan
She fled war as a child.

The Girl Found Again

In 1984 photographer Steve McCurry took a portrait of a girl in a refugee camp near Peshawar, Pakistan. She had fled war in Afghanistan. Her striking green eyes and intense gaze made the image unforgettable when National Geographic put it on its cover in June 1985.

For about 17 years her identity was unknown. In 2002 McCurry and a National Geographic team found her, and iris recognition technology helped confirm that she was Sharbat Gula.

In 2016 she was arrested in Pakistan for allegedly using a forged identity card and was deported to Afghanistan. After the Taliban takeover in 2021, she was evacuated and resettled in Italy, closing another chapter of her remarkable story.

What This Quiz Teaches

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Who took the portrait
Where it was taken
How she was found
How her identity was confirmed
Where she lives now

Did You Know?

The photo became one of the magazine's most famous covers.
She had not seen the image for years.
The portrait raised questions about consent.
McCurry shot on color slide film.
Her story was told in documentaries.