Nabil Sawalha

In 1968, Sawalha formed his own production company, Urdon Co., and began producing series for local and regional Arab networks, such as Tamara.

In 1990, Sawalha met Hisham Yanes, a former colleague from the Jordanian National Theatre Group, who returned to Jordan from Kuwait and the two were urged to collaborate.

Their first television programme, Ahlan Nabil and Hisham, was aired in the winter of 1991, and the pair began the annual tradition of launching a new play every Ramadan.

[5] Another turning point in Jordan's history became yet another milestone in Sawalha's career when the Kingdom signed the 1994 Wadi Araba Peace Treaty.

The tour prompted a short-lived blacklisting of the duo's theatrical performances in Jordan, and stirred criticism from the Jordanian Anti-Normalization Committee.