Revisiting a woman famously photographed during the bombing in Gori this past August. Read her full story here (pictured below at the height of the conflict).

The amazing transformation of the humble woman whose
plight during Russia’s brutal bombing of Gori touched the world

By Barbara Jones

Giuli, in turns smiling then weepy, knows it is essential for her to regain her strength and return to her role as the family’s main breadwinner.

She recalled the four long months of her recovery since we last saw her, saying: ‘The doctors were so very kind and caring. Once they had stabilised my physical problems by operating on my shoulder and elbow, they insisted on a regular course of physiotherapy.

‘There is shrapnel still embedded in my arms and thighs, and the most troublesome is the large chunk in my elbow joint.

‘I still have a lot of pain with that and the doctors may have to operate again. They let me leave hospital a month ago but I had to stay in Tbilisi in a rented flat so that Levan could take me daily to the physiotherapist.

‘I also had to see a neurologist to learn to speak again. My brain had blocked out all the dreadful noise and pain of the bomb attack and I had to be taught patiently how to form words again.