Palo Dutch Concept Factory: Sohail Dahdal

Sohail Dahdal wants to draw more attention to the plight of the Palestinians, but doing so requires winning over some tough audiences. That's where the Palo-Dutch Concept Factory comes in. The organization holds idea-generating workshops in Ramallah. During the three-day workshops, creative-thinking Palestinians get together with Dutch advertising and public-relations specialists, and the two groups work together to develop campaign ideas that highlight the situation of the Palestinians. One of these ideas, for example, is "Send a Friend." Most Palestinian children can't travel outside the occupied territories, so children in the Netherlands, using Web cameras, will act as tour guides, taking Palestinian children on tours in real time to see places such as the canals of Amsterdam. Eventually, the project will make people in other countries question why Palestinians can't move freely. Through innovative ideas such as this one, Sohail, 37, hopes to use his skills as a New Media Artist to highlight the plight of the Palestinians. To learn more about Sohail and the Palo-Dutch Concept Factory, check out this week's Nonprofit Spotlight.

A paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Mass., found that left-handed college-educated men made 15 percent more than their right-handed counterparts did. Among females, however, there was no difference. The data for the study was based on the information of 5,000 U.S. citizens taken from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and represented a cross-section of the overall population.

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Successful Young Designer Babak Vosoughi

What do Lisa Marie Presley, the Wayans Brothers, Nickelback and our featured Young Professional of the Week, Babak Vosoughi, 32, have in common? They all sport his world famous clothing line, Remembrance. A serial Design entrepreneur, Babak has already successfully launched History Clothing and is working on launching Modern Prophecy this Fall. Design enthusiasts are flocking to high-end boutiques and department stores to grab a piece of Babak's work - a fusion of cultures, historical events and modern art. Learn more about Babak and his entrepreneurial success as we spotlight him in this week's Young & Professional Profile.

MeccaOne Media: A Voice for the Everyday Muslim

Let's face it - after September 11, 2001, the depiction of Muslims around the world has been negative. Associations with terrorism, fanaticism, and hatred has been predominant. The common Muslim voice has been unheard. Omair Ali, 30, decided to change all of that in 2002. He founded MeccaOne Media, in an effort to provide a 'voice of the everyday Muslim living in the West'. With a growing audience of Muslim and Non-Muslim listeners, MeccaOne has succeeded in gaining several notable firsts - including the first to broadcast a live Islamic call to prayer and first to provide Islamic podcasts on iTunes. Learn more about Omair and MeccaOne Media as we feature them in this week's Non-Profit Spotlight.

The CulturalConnect has been fortunate enough to have been recognized in top tier media lately. Have you seen us in the news? You can check us out on CNN's 'Young People Who Rock' segment, Newsweek's Cover Story on American Dreamers, Continental Magazine's Ideamakers, Center Network's Start-up Tips and Lindsey Pollak's New Book 'Getting from College to Career'.

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Lawrence J. Ellison, founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation for 25 years earned $706,077,000 in 2001 after exercising 23 million stock options that were granted to him ten years earlier.

Assuming a 40-hour workweek, this is equivalent to almost making $340,000 an hour.

--Guiness Book of World Records