In 2018, Abdelhamid directed his maiden feature film, Dachra, a horror film.[4] The film received critical acclaim and later selected at the International Critics' Week of the Venice Film Festival.[5] After the success of the film, he directed season 1 of the television series Nouba which broadcast on Nessma during the month of Ramadan in 2019.[6] Then he directed the Season 2 of the same series, titled Ochèg Eddenia which was broadcast in 2020.[7]