DJ SWANAHH, SANA ABDULLAH, IS A SAUDI-BORN PAKISTANI OPEN FORMAT DJ BASED IN DUBAI, UAE. SHE IS MENA, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, REGION’S FIRST AND ONLY PAKISTANI FEMALE DJ TO DATE REPRESENTING WITH HER SOUTH ASIAN AND ARAB UPBRINGING.

A COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL MAJORING IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT - AUSTRALIA & MALAYSIA, PASSION FOR EVENTS PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT, DIGITAL MARKETING ALONGSIDE CONTENT CREATION, SHE FINDS HERSELF AROUND MANY SPECTRUMS COVERING TECHNOLOGY, MUSIC, TRAVEL, LIFESTYLE, ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, CULTURE AND MORE.

A SELF-TAUGHT DJ WHO HAS BEEN NOMINATED TOP100DJANES 2020 (DJANEMAG), ASIA'S TOP 25 DJS (EDMDROID) AND DJANETOP TOP 100 DJANE FOR 2 YEARS CONSECUTIVELY WITH MUSIVV ‘DJ OF THE YEAR’ CATEGORY AND TOP100DJANES (DJANEMAG) IN 2023, SHE HOLDS 8 GLOBAL DJ NOMINATIONS AND HAS WORKED WITH A HUGE VARIETY OF HIGH PROFILE CLIENTELE INCLUDING RADIO AND MEDIA PLATFORMS WITHOUT RESTRICTING HER TASTE FOR ALL GENRES / SOUNDS.

(YES, SHE PLAYS EVERYTHING NAME A LANGUAGE OR NATIONALITY)

HER ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY TIMELINE IS A UNIQUE PLATTER OF 5-STAR VENUES, CREATIVE SPACES, LUXURY BRANDS SUCH AS BURJ PARK BY EMAAR (DUBAI), PUMA MIDDLEEAST (UAE) – DJ SPONSORSHIP, ALSERKAL AVENUE (DUBAI), D3 DESIGN DISTRICT (DUBAI), DUBAI OPERA, YAS MARINA CIRCUIT (ABU DHABI), ETIHAD ARENA/PARK (ABU DHABI) TO BIG FESTIVALS IN THE REGION LIKE FEMME FEST (DUBAI), MARKET OUTSIDE THE BOX (DUBAI SHOPPING FESTIVAL), AQUAVENTURE AFTER DARK (DUBAI), MOTHER OF THE NATION (ABU DHABI), SPARTAN ARABIA (ABU DHABI), A2RL AUTONOMOUS RACING LEAGUE (ABU DHABI), FORMULA 1 (UAE), DUBAI 7S (DUBAI), CLUB SOCIAL FESTIVAL (ABU DHABI), DUBAI SUMMER SURPRISES, PUBLIC ART ABU DHABI INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL RADIO STATIONS AND RECORD LABELS NAMELY ROG MUSIC AFRICA (NIGERIA), THE PLUG CIRCLE (CANADA), CAPITAL RADIO 91.6FM (SUDAN), VIBE FM105.4 (UAE), VIRGIN RADIO 104.4FM (UAE), BBC ASIAN NETWORK (UK) TO NAME A FEW.

WITH PROMINENT DJ RESIDENCIES AT HILTON (DUBAI), RADISSON BLU (DUBAI), W (ABU DHABI), YAS WATERWORLD (ABU DHABI), JUMEIRAH AT SAADIYAT ISLAND RESORT (ABU DHABI) TO BEING UAE’S ROYAL FAMILY PRIVATE DJ (PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER) MAINTAINING DUBAI’S NEW YEAR DJ TITLE WITH EMAAR AND HER ACHIEVEMENT AS AN AWARD-WINNING FEMALE DJ UNDER ARABIAN RADIO NETWORK WITH MENA’S NO. 1 MUSIC STATION ‘VIRGIN RADIO DUBAI’, SHE ASPIRES TO EMPOWER CREATIVES WITH HER DIVERSE SKILLSETS BEYOND DJING TOO AND SHOWCASE ALL CULTURES AND BACKGROUNDS WITH HER VERSATILE SOUNDS NOT JUST IN THE REGION BUT ABROAD.

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