From 1985 to 1988 he studied natural sciences in Aleppo, but abandoned his academic education after three years, focusing on literature and writing.

He wrote his early epic poem Kela Dimdimê (The Citadel of Dimdim) in 1984, which was only published in Kurdish in Germany in 1991.

The work is a fictitious biography of Ahmad Khani (1650-1707), a major Kurdish poet and Sufi, who fought "injustice using only a pen and ink.

[4] In a 2022 interview with literary critic Nuha Askar about the relationship of his literary work and Kurdish national identity, Dost said:[5] I am working on the question of identity, the question of the nation looking for a foothold in the sun of history and a solid spot on the map.

[6] His own translations of earlier novels written in Arabic into Kurdish are based on his decision to publish all of his literary work in his "marginalized national language".