He’s the cute and cuddly dinosaur friend of our childhood and he’s in Jordan for the first ever Middle East tour!Barney is here for the “Let’s Imagine” show from March 4th - 8th at the Cultural Center.We’re giving away tickets to the show for you and your family!Simply join our Facebook Fan Page by going tofacebook.com/sunny1051 and you could be getting a call from us this week!Already a fan? Increase your chances by registering below!

We at Sunny 105.l, Jordan’s Feel Good station, asked our radio listeners what made them “feel good” about living in Jordan. We immediately were met with a flood of emails and texts from our listeners suggesting people, places, and events that put a smile on every Jordanian’s face.

With so many fantastic entries, we thought it only made sense to combine them in one place, creating the ultimate compilations of what’s great about this country. So, the “105.1 Feel Good Things in Jordan” booklet was born.

We hope that you can sit back, relax, and as you’re flicking through these pages, feel good about where you are. It’s what we aim to do.

The world has seen the devastation of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti.

In an effort to help raise money for the victims of this tragic event - over 80 artists have joined together to record a remake of Michael Jackson’s “We Are The World”.

If you’ve been wondering what you could possibly do to help, once way is by buying this song here.
Feel good and help Haiti - go to www.world25.org and learn more. 

Looking for a good movie to see this weekend?

We’ve got just the movie for you - AMREEKA.

The movie tells the all too true story of a Palestinian mother, Muna Farah, who must leave her beloved country to secure a better future for her teenage son.

AMREEKA has appeared at 29 international film festivals and has won 13 awards among them:

“Best Arabic Film” (Cairo International Film Festival)
“Humanitas Prize”(Sundance Feature Film Category)
“International Critics Pirze” (Cannes International Film Festival)

It has even been named one “One of the top 10 BEST International Films of 2009″ by the National Board of Reviow of Motion Picture.

The movie will be premiring this Wednesday at Grand Cinema, City Mall.

Jordan has been ranked as the second best Arab country to live in!

A recently released international index scored 194 countries around the world based on the following categories:

Cost of Living
Culture and Leisure
Economy
Environment
Freedom
Health
Infrastructure
Safety & risk
Climate

At the Middle Eastern level, Tunisia was ranked the highest with Jordan coming up second. The Kingdom was followed by Lebanon, Morocco, Bahrain then Syria.

The country to be ranked with the highest quality of life in the world was France, with Austria coming in second, followed then by Switzerland and Germany.

Thousands of Jordanians attended the Sunny Art Fair in December and voted for their favorite featured artist.

To help encourage local Jordanian artists, Kulacom held a competition for the Sunny Art Fair “favorite artist”.

Congratulations to the winner - Karma Shawa

This young artist was raised in a family with a strong appreciation for the Arts. As a child, she was mentored by her aunt, artist Laila Shawa, and won the Prince Hassan Award for Islamic Art while she was an IB student.

She obtained her undergraduate degree from the London School of Economis and, despite pursuing a career in the public sector - still found time to study art in an effort to further her passion.

Karma exhibited her artwork for the first time at the Sunny Art Fair.

She hopes to complete her first solo exhibition in the very near future.

Special thanks to Kulacom for supporting local artists and highlighting the importance of Art in Jordan.

Friday night marked the opening of the Sunny Art Fair, the first of its kind in Jordan.Featuring the works of 35 artists, painters, and photographers; the Sunny Art Fair takes up almost the entire 3rd floor of the Zara Center.

Works range from sketches and paintings to photographs, graphic designs, 3-D displays and short films.

A special children’s section has been designated for kids to come express the artist in themselves by coloring, painting, and drawing on all kinds of surfaces (including the wall!)

Come check out the art for yourself between the hours of 10Am - 10PM every day until December 15th at Zara Center (3rd Floor).For more information call (079) 700 1051.

The 350 Climate Conference is taking place in Copenhagen this week and in an effort to show our solidarity with those fighting for a better climate, a candlelight vigil has been organized.

Join us as we show our support on Friday December 11th from 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM at the Amphitheater in Downtown Amman.
To learn more about the 350 movement, check out www.350.org

Found this blog on And Far Away. So funny and so true - what are you and your co-workers ordering for lunch today?

http://andfaraway.net/blog/2009/11/21/the-flowchart-what-should-you-order-for-lunch-today/

Yes, that’s right, 90’s Teen Idols - the Backstreet Boys - are BACK!

Having just released their latest album “This Is Us” on October 6th, the band felt it was high time that they meet their Middle Eastern fans and thank them for all their support throughout the years.

They’ll be performing at the Paladium in Dubai on December 17th and Sunny 105.1 is sending 2 lucky listeners to the show.

Winners will not only get to attend this once in a lifetime concert with front row seating, but will also get to witness the Sound Check as Nick, Howie, Brian, and AJ warm up before the concert starts! 

See the Backstreet Boys LIVE in Dubai - December 17th 

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