Dr Abdalla holds a Doctorate and Masters degree in Intelligence and Security Studies from Brunel University, London, concentrating on the intelligence community ability to provide early warning of societal unrest. She worked as a threat analyst (Middle East and North Africa) for Global Maritime, where her duties included regular situational updates on maritime and on-shore activities in troubled market areas, weekly updates on key maritime port security and in-situ and remote security for election monitoring and other events.
Dr Abdalla is an Associate Lecturer at Brunel University, London where she teaches fundamentals of American politics including Political foundations of the establishment of the US, examination of three branches of government and the electoral process. In addition to her role as a lecturer, she is a senior intelligence analyst for MS Risk.