He has been named the Veikkausliiga Referee of the Year in six consecutive seasons (2018–2023), voted by the league players.
In the 2018 Ykkönen season, in a match between Haka and KTP in Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski, Al-Emara temporarily suspended the match and ordered the teams to locker rooms for 10 minutes, after a spectator had been using racial slurs and offensive language on a player repeatedly, of which they were warned first.
[10] On 6 June 2021, he was named the 4th official in an international friendly match between Denmark and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[12] On 9 November 2023, Al-Emara was named the referee in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League (UECL) group stage match between Nordsjælland and Spartak Trnava.
He has actively been speaking about racism and inequality in football and in society,[15][16][17] and for the safety and respect for the referees.