She writes about identity, survival, and diaspora. Her poetry has been featured at TEDxRainier, City Arts Magazine, King County Metro, Fifth Avenue Theatre, and the Paramount Theatre. Hamda is a board member of Artscorps, an organization that helps put arts back into schools. She has taught a number of workshops on poetry as a revolutionary act as well as a healing art form. Hamda is a senior at the University of Washington majoring in International Studies and minoring in African studies and German.