[1] Studying sound design in Beirut, Abdulhadi encountered techno music after hearing a set by the Japanese DJ Satoshi Tomiie.
She moved to Cairo to work as a sound engineer, and started to DJ across the Arab Middle East.
That year Abdulhadi started the Union Collective, to provide a safe space to platform other DJs in Palestine.
[1] In 2022 Abdulhadi was due to curate part of the Palestine Music Expo, but political instability caused the event to be cancelled.
At the start of October 2023 she announced that a new mix compilation, fabric presents Samaʼ Abdulhadi, would be released on 24 November.