Awards
- State Award in Translation, 1982, for translating Milton's Paradise Lost into Arabic.
- Order of Science and Arts, 1st Class, 1984.
- Ben Turki's Award of Excellence in Translation into English, a Saudi Arabian Prize sponsored by the Arab League, 1998.
- State Award of Excellence in letters, 1999.
- Award of Credit for distinguished performance in writing for the theatre from the Egyptian Theatre Institute, 2000.
- State Award of Merit in Letters, 2002.
- International Translation Award of King Abdullah, 2011.