Sama’ Abdulhadi is one of the most celebrated DJs to emerge from the Middle East. She'll be bringing the sounds of Palestine's underground techno scene to Electric Island in Toronto on Sunday.
Sama’ Abdulhadi, known as the “Queen of Palestinian techno,” has established herself as one of the most celebrated DJs to emerge from the Middle East.in her hometown of Ramallah in 2018 — a set that recently surpassed 10 million views on YouTube — Abdulhadi now finds herself in the midst of a massive world tour that has included gigs at Coachella, Glastonbury and the iconic Warung Beach Club in Brazil.
“I’m wondering how these DJs are still alive,” Abdulhadi joked in a phone interview with the Star this week. “All the flights and the travel and the crazy hours. You’re juggling a thousand things at the same time.” Based on social media footage, Abdulhadi’s recent gigs are electrifying and cathartic but, for her fans around the world, her music represents something bigger than music. A proud and politically outspoken Palestinian woman, she’s been embraced as a symbol of freedom and resistance to“ is escapism for people in Palestine,” she explained. “But for the rest of the world, what we’re doing is a political statement.
Finally, after honing her skills as a DJ and producer, she returned home to Ramallah, not to become a professional musician, but to simply share her love of music with her community. It’s here, in makeshift venues located in bars or restaurants or other underground locations around the city, in a scene sustained by what Abdulhadi calls “a mutual suffering and hopelessness in tomorrow,” that she first gained traction.
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