Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ime ihe nkiri "The Pirates of Somalia" nke afọ 2017, Abdi gbara onye nnọchi anya gọọmentị Somalia na onye ntụgharị okwu maka onye nta akụkọ Canada na-enweghị akwụkwọ Jay Bahadur. Ihe odide ya na-ahazi ajụjụ ọnụ n'etiti ndị isi ndị omempụ na Bahadur, bụ onye na-edekọ mkpali nke ndị omempụ Somali n'izu ndị bu ụzọ.
Ịtọrọ ụgbọ mmiri Maersk Alabama. N'ọnwa Ọktoba 2017, Abdi pụtara na Denis Villeneuve's "Blade Runner 2049," na obere ọrụ nke onye ọkà mmụta sayensị. Abdi mere ntuziaka mbụ ya site na ihe nkiri Somali "Ciyaalka Xaafada", o duziekwala ọtụtụ vidiyo egwu.