- Founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Al Multaqa Award for Arabic Short Story
- Vice Chairman of the Arab Awards Forum
- Awards:
- The "Cultural Personality of the Year" award, at the Sharjah Book Fair, 2021
- Creativity Award of the Gulf Cooperation Council for the Arab States, 2019
- The State Prize in Kuwait in Literature for his novel “Here”, 2016
- Cairo International Book Fair Award, 2013
- Worked as:
- Cultural advisor to the National Council for Culture, Arts, and Literature in Kuwait
- Advisor to the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information
- Chairman of the Arab Booker Prize Jury in its third session, 2009
- Published about 25 books, ranging from novels to stories, autobiographies, theater, and academic books, including:
- Novels: Dhil al-Shams (Shadow of the Sun), Samar Kalimat, Al-Najdi, Habi, and Khatf al-Habib (Kidnapping the Lover)
- Stories: Ugmedh Ruhi 'Alayk (I Close My Soul to You), Sareqat Saghira (Petite Thefts), Al-Kursi (The Chair), and Ramadi Daken (Dark Grey)
