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Mariam Abdelhalim, a graduating senior of Homewood High School and member of the Patriot Guard, stands on the balcony at her home. Abdelhalim has been accepted by early decision to Boston College, where she will study neuroscience.
In Iraq, I would wake up basking in the scent of fresh pita bread and find myself in awe of buildings awash with bright colors as sunlight chased the shadows away. I never saw a dangerous country in turmoil, which is why I did not expect to hear the word directed at me as I sat in my seventh grade class.
People of Alabama: Josephine Lowery of Homewood
By Reagan Wells
March 8, 2021
Josephine Lowery says her difficult upbringing helped shape the woman she is today. (Reagan Wells/People of Alabama)
“Having grown up in a dysfunctional family, where my mother was an alcoholic and I was on free lunch and food stamps, the biggest lesson I learned was to persevere through everything, to never give up, to continue to try, have confidence and hope, work through it and ultimately succeed. Both my parents are deceased and my mother died of alcoholism. We did have a close, complicated relationship. My dad was a professor, but he was not very involved in our lives until I was older. Because of my background, I’m the person I am today. I wouldn’t be a strong, independent woman if I hadn’t gone through the complications of my childhood. My parents were very bright. They believed in education, reading, curiosity and learning. What I got from them was the importance of a good education. Th
What Has Julie Gentry From The Real World: New York Been Up To?
The Real World: New Yorkannounced a reboot, nearly 30 years after the original show launched.
The Real World Homecoming: New York found a home at Paramount Plus and premiered on March 4, 2021. So kids, it looks like the 90s are officially back with the cast of Becky Blasband, Andre Comeau, Heather B. Gardner, Julie Gentry, Norman Korpi, Eric Nies, and Kevin Powell
The original series, which launched in 1992, brought these seven people together when they were still strangers as a social experiment. And while we re saturated with reality TV now, the innovation behind
Julie Oliver Gentry of ‘Real World’ fame: ‘I don’t really love watching myself on TV’
Updated Mar 04, 2021;
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Julie Oliver Gentry might be a reality TV pioneer, but she’s no drama queen.
That, at least, is the impression you get while talking to Gentry on the phone. The Alabama native who earned fame as a teenager on “The Real World: New York” is cheerful, cordial and absolutely down to earth.
Gentry, 48, speaks with enthusiasm about participating in “The Real World Homecoming: New York,” a new docuseries that reunites all seven original housemates from the 1992 reality show on MTV. “The Real World Homecoming” debuts today on Paramount Plus, the ViacomCBS streaming service formerly known as CBS All Access.