Although he is classically trained as an electrical engineer, Abdul has been working in film for over a decade, taking an opportunity during an industry wide layoff in the middle of the 2020 pandemic to pursue filmmaking full-time. Since then he has worked on over $1.5 million dollars worth of productions, working with clients such as REI, HOKA ONE ONE, The North Face, Patagonia, Eddie Bauer, Facebook, Cut, among many others.

Abdul is an avid story teller, focusing on work that reflects his own life experience as a first generation child of Kenyan immigrants in America. He frequently works alongside other artists to help tell share their story with the world through film, and finds a lot of joy in this work.