In 2000, Abbas earned her Master's degree in Visual Arts from the University of Balamand.
[4][5] The name "Wixel" was chosen as it stands for "weird pixel" in recognition of being the only game studio in the region at the time.
[1] The studio's first released game was Douma, where the player controlled government leaders as puppets, and was considered a "political football" at the time.
[7] Abbas is a co-founder of SPICAtech, a school that teaches young people skills needed to design and produce video games.
[9] Abbas was selected as one of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Arab Women two years in a row by Arabian Business.