The new Italian life of Sharbat Gula, the “young Afghan girl” with green eyes
Life begins again in a red notebook with small squares, like those used by children in their first years of school. The woman whose image is among the best known in the world writes her name on it: slowly, with a slightly hesitant stroke. Like when this whole thing started and she was just a 12-year-old girl [a few months later, his photo made the front page of the “National Geographic”].
“IO SONO SHARBAT SUGAR” [“I am Sharbat Gula”], we read on three lines, in capital letters. Next to them are everyday words: “door”, “house”, “ball”. Then the name of