Before involving in journalism Sayyar worked in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.[1] He started his career in journalism in 1950 in the first issue of Sawt al-Bahrain which was a monthly political magazine.[2] In his early writings in Sawt al-Bahrain he supported the members of the Free Officers in Egypt.[4] Next he founded and served as the editor-in-chief of Al Qafilah (meaning The Caravan in English, 1952–1954), its successor Al Watan (meaning The Homeland in English, 1955–1956) and Sada Al Osbou magazine (1969–1999).[1] Sayyar opposed the politics of Gamal Abdul Nasser in his articles in Al Watan.[4] In 1956 he joined the High Executive Committee (al-Hay'a al-Tanfidhiyya al-Uliya in Arabic) which was a cross-sectarian nationalist political movement in Bahrain.[3][5] The same year he began to work at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor in Kuwait.[3] After working there for one year he involved in business and held positions in Bahraini companies until 1969.[3] In 1973 he became a member of the Constituent Council in Bahrain.[3] The council was established by Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the ruler of Bahrain, to review the proposals about the constitution.[6]