On December 4, 2008, Johar, Musallam Al-Barrak, Marzouq Al-Hubaini, Ali Al-Deqbasi, and Abdullah Al-Barghash submitted a draft law calling for the granting of Kuwaiti citizenship to all bidun (stateless) residents in the country.
According to Jawhar, the decision to rewrite textbooks came despite findings by specialist committees that current editions contain no references calling for violence and fanaticism or encouraging struggle against other religions.
The committees found that those books contained sizable portions focusing on tolerance, brotherhood, equality, passion, cooperation and respect for the rights of non-Muslims.
In May 2008, Johar joined with Hussein Quwaian Al-Mutairi to accuse Al-Sabeeh of not cooperating with the Kuwaiti University teachers' union and to urge Prime Minister Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah not to retain her in the upcoming cabinet formation.
[5] On November 28, 2008, Johar joined MPs Abdullah Al-Roumi, Khaled Al-Sultan Bin Essa, Musallam Al-Barrak, and Marzouq Al-Hubaini Al-Azmi in formulating a bill to extend the mandatory retirement age for Kuwaiti teaching staff at Kuwait University from 65 to 70 years.