We're all envious of Arash Markazi, 25, writer for Sports Illustrated. His job title should be renamed to 'dream job'. On any given day, his job requires him to dine with Wayne Gretsky, interview athletes like Matt Leinart or Reggie Bush, and sit courtside at the most anticipated games of the year. And that's not all. Markazi has his own dedicated column for the Sports Illustrated. Readers around the world anxiously await for his column in order to get a peek into his world of Sports and analysis. Younger than the average journalist in any magazine, Markazi is able to provide his readers with a fresh, young perspective

It's a battle that many will call good versus evil, but in the end, it comes down to two large groups of people trying to coexist. And while there doesn't seem to be a political end to the Israel-Palestine conflict, peace has decided to take more inventive routes. The American Friends of Neve Shalom/Wahat Al-Salam is one such path, bringing Palestinians and Israelis to live together in a democratically-run community known as the "Oasis of Peace". The "Oasis" challenges its 54 families - evenly split - to work together to confront their volatile environment, and with a waiting list of over 300 families, it seems hopeful