This is a photo of Mariam, a Deaf Muslim woman in Gambia. I believe there is a link between Deafness and blue eyes in populations of African descent. In Kenya, Jamaica and here, the only people I met who had blue eyes were all Deaf. At the Deaf school here where I work, there are three students with blue eyes. In this picture she is showing her sign name which is the letter 'M' next to her eyes. Deaf people give sign names based on a physical characteristic and the first letter of the name.