He's considered part of the centre-left faction of the Forum, advocating for gradual political and economic reform through elections and joining the Al Sabah Cabinet.

He attended Khaled Saud Al Zaid High School (Arabic: ثانوية خالد سعود الزيد), where he majored in science.

[9][10] As a Research Assistant and Course Administrator at the International Monetary Fund, Abdulghaphor worked with in-house economists, gaining extensive knowledge on economic matters and political economy, attributing his time at the IMF to his fondness of macroeconomics.

[11] While at the IMF, Abdulghaphor assisted in organizing a symposium that hosted celebrated American journalist Thomas Friedman and the former Amiri Diwan's Economic Advisor H.E.

Abdulghaphor was recruited by Ali Hussain Al-Awadhi to join the Democratic Forum after representing the Youth Association of Kuwait in multiple events.

He represented the Association at Kuwait Civil Alliance in 2014, and helped issue a Universal Periodic Review document that was discussed at the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Abdulghaphor views automation as an inevitable outcome of technological progress, analyzing that the steady rise of unemployment in the middle east is partly caused by the modernization of both the private and public sectors.

He adds that governments across the middle east should rethink their education policies to include transferrable skills that can adjust to the increasing deindustrialization of multiple sectors.

[29] On Good Morning Kuwait, Abdulghaphor proposed the creation of a cabinet-level Chief Economist post that serves as head of a Council of Economic Advisors, adding that one of main reasons the government needs that post is to steer economic expectations related to inflation, unemployment, and growth, in addition to providing evidence-based policy initiatives.

[30] Earlier, Hajjieh proposed a similar idea on Al Qabas Newspaper on the establishment of the Office of the Minister of Economic Affairs, a post that was created in 2020.