Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Abdullah ya lashe lambar tagulla a gasar zakarun duniya ta IAAF ta 2005
da kuma 2004 da kuma 2008 editions na IAAF Duniya Rabin Marathon Championships. Ya wakilci Qatar sama da mita 10,000 a wasannin Olympics na Beijing na 2008 da sau uku a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta IAAF a Wasannin motsa jiki. Ya kasance zakaran Asiya sau biyu a tseren mita 10,000 (2003 da 2007) kuma yana riƙe da rikodin Asiya tare da mafi kyawun lokacinsa na minti 26:38.76.