There have been 16 genes identified that contribute to eye colour. This means that no matter what colour eyes your parents have, yours can be pretty much any colour. All races, including Caucasian, African, Asian, Pacific Islanders, Arabic, Hispanic and the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas can have green eyes.
Green eyes are common in Central Europe, Iraq, Iran and Turkey. Gray eyes are common in Europe, the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. There are some medical implications of iris color. People with lighter iris color have a higher prevalence of age-related macular degeneration.
Big Eyes
Arab women have big, almond-shaped eyes that come in an array of sparkling colors. Glistening pools of green, hazel, or stark black are framed with thick lashes that don't need to be curled.
The highest concentration of people with green eyes is found in Ireland, Scotland, and northern Europe. In fact, in Ireland and Scotland, more than three-fourths of the population has blue or green eyes – 86 percent! Many factors go into having green eyes.
Arabs are not a race. Some have blue eyes and red hair; others are dark skinned; many are somewhere in between. Most Arabs are Muslims but there are also millions of Christian Arabs and thousands of Jewish Arabs, just as there are Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Americans.
Green eyes are not restricted to a particular human group, but vary in frequency in some groups. Arabs and Middle-Easterners have a much lower frequency of green eyes than Europeans ( Whites), but still more than most non-European groups.
"Islam prohibits the attitude that attributes the final effect to anyone other than Allah [God]. It is not permissible to seek help from the evil eye bead," the ruling said. The Diyanet noted that belief in the concept of the evil eye was permitted in Islam, however.
There have been 16 genes identified that contribute to eye colour. This means that no matter what colour eyes your parents have, yours can be pretty much any colour. All races, including Caucasian, African, Asian, Pacific Islanders, Arabic, Hispanic and the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas can have green eyes.
The two countries with the highest rates of people with green eyes are Ireland and Scotland. More than 75 percent of people who are born with green eyes can be found in Ireland and Scotland.
In Islam, the evil eye, or al-'ayn العين, also عين الحسودة), is a common belief that individuals have the power to cause harm to people, animals or objects, by looking at them in a way that indicates jealousy.
Saudi Arabian eyes are unique in exhibiting a higher upper lid skin fold, higher lid crease.
Hazel eyes are more common in North Africa, the Middle East, and Brazil, as well as in people of Spanish heritage.
We found that green is the most popular lens colour, with brown coming in a close second, despite it being one of the most common eye colours. Although blue and hazel are seen as the most attractive eye colours for men and women they are surprisingly the least popular.
Which Eye Color Is Considered the Most Attractive? As green is the rarest eye color, it is not surprising that it is ranked as the most attractive eye color in many surveys and polls. In a 2022 survey of 66,000 people, 20.3 percent ranked green as the most attractive eye color.
Among the Australian population, green eyes are found in approximately 7% of the people.
Green irises have an uncommon melanin level — less than “truly” brown eyes, but more than blue eyes. This is why green eyes are so unique. And while 9% is indeed rare, green eyes have an even lower eye color percentage across the globe.
Grey eyes are one of the rarest eye colors. Less than 3% of the global population has grey eyes. They're most commonly found in people of Northern and Eastern European ancestry.
Most Japanese have dark brown eyes. Very rarely, some people have very light brown or rare blue, green or grey eyes. They are especially common in Kyushu and the Tohoku region.
If the brown-eyed mother carried the green allele (bG), she could pass the green allele on 50% of the time, so when married up with the father's blue allele, they could have a green-eyed child.
If two dark eyed Filipinos were heterozygous (one recessive gene for Green eyes, and one dominant gene for dark eyes) 1 in 4 of their children would have green eyes.
Evil Eye. According to hadith, the Prophet Muhammad confirmed that the evil eye, borne by jealousy or envy, is real and capable of causing harm or misfortune. In 20 of the 39 countries surveyed, half or more Muslims say they believe in the evil eye. Acceptance is generally highest in the Middle East and North Africa.
According to hadith litera- ture, the Prophet prohibited men from wearing yellow: 'The Prophet, peace be upon him, has prohibited us from wearing yellow clothing' (al-Nasa'ī 1988).
The Verse of Evil Eye (Arabic: آیه وَإِن يَكَادُ) is verse 51 and 52 of Al-Qalam (Q68:51-52) in the Quran. It is usually recited for protection from the evil eye. It states: "And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes when they hear the message, and they say: Indeed, he is mad.