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A Hijabi Fashionista

The hijab, a traditional head covering of Muslim women, isn’t often paired with trends like glow-in-the-dark Jeffrey Campbell pumps or statement faux-fur sleeves. But Maria Al-sadek is...

South on the Rise

THEN Even when the school opened back in 1964, its founders were always looking toward future expansion. Here, USA founding president Dr. Frederick P. Whiddon looks over plans for campus...

Easy as Pi

Jo Ann Edwards loves pi, and pie, in all of their infinite variations. So, for the much-adored local math tutor, the middle of March is...

Gardener Variety

All along the curving shoreline of Baldwin County, through the fertile rolling farmlands, in the charming downtowns and thriving individual gardens, more than 180 master gardeners...

Designer Dynamo

Ever since she was a little girl growing up on the Gulf Coast, Smith Sinrod, 29, has drawn inspiration from the closets of the women around...

Mobile's Most Fascinating

Teacher’s Pets Eccentric Artist “Art is what you want it to be, ” says native Mobilian artist Lucy Gafford, left. “I paint realistically, and I paint...

Raising Cain

From Chapter 3: Post-Civil War Mardi Gras “The City (Mobile) is a sad picture to contemplate. The people look sad and sorry. The best people of the City...

A Guide to Mobile Mardi Gras

What’s It All About? Dozens of mystic organizations, a myriad of kings and queens (two sets in particular), hundreds of float riders, thousands of spectators,...

Guiding Light

On a clear day, it can be spotted from the Fairhope Municipal Pier, a little geometrical oddity standing on the horizon, looking for all the world...

Pangea’s Handiwork

Looking out over Mobile Bay when the wind is calm and the water reflects the sky, it’s hard to imagine that only a few thousand years ago, ...

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