Ka kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 1961, ta zama 'yar jarida a Kuwait. A shekarar 1964, ta kasance memba mai kafa kungiyar adabin Kuwaiti. Ta wallafa littattafai biyar na ba da labari yayin da take aiki a matsayin 'yar jarida. Biyu daga cikin littattafan sune "The Arabs" (1965) da "Mata a cikin Kur'ani". A cikin 1970, al-Salem ya sayi mujallar mako-mako "al-Majalis" kuma ya zama mawallafinta kuma babban edita. Ta kuma kasance mai mallakar "Arab Sport". A shekara ta 1972, ta zama wani ɓangare na raƙuman mata na Kuwaiti na biyu lokacin da ta wallafa wani ɗan gajeren labari "Kharif bila matar" (An fassara: "Autumn ba tare da ruwan sama ba"). Bugu da kari, ta wallafa wata jaridar karkashin kasa "Yara da Mata na Kuwait" a lokacin yakin.
mamayar Kuwait da Iraqi ta yi a 1990-1991.