Samara's work often focuses on places and objects, particularly indoor rooms, rather than human figures.[6][2] She has said she wants to move away from common Palestinian artistic motifs, like olive trees, and to instead portray everyday interior life as a way to "make the private public".[2] She is inspired by "intimate stories and female wisdom".[2] Her painting style has been compared to Henri Matisse and David Hockney.[2]
Samara is represented by Zawyeh Gallery in Ramallah.[2] In 2016, she had her first solo exhibition, Intimate Spaces, at the gallery.[5] The exhibition was based on a year of research in Al-Am'ari refugee camp and West Bank villages, during which she interviewed women residents about their sex lives and experiences with intimacy.[5][3] The exhibition was later shown at Art Dubai in 2017.[3][7]
In 2019, Samara exhibited her series "War Games" at Art Dubai.[2] The paintings were born out of an 18-month research project based in Jerusalem and Jordan, and focused on the dreams of children and refugees impacted by war.[2] They were inspired by Samara's interaction with a young boy in Jerusalem whose home had been destroyed.[2]
In June 2021, Samara's pieces were included in Zawyeh Gallery's permanent group exhibition.[8]
In June 2022, Samara exhibited in Zawyeh Gallery's Dubai gallery; her 40 piece exhibition, Inner Sanctuary, focused on "the artist’s conception of her own intimate space from an emotional perspective".[1][6][9][4]
During the Gaza war, Samara worked with Zawyeh Gallery to raise money to support humanitarian efforts in the Gaza Strip.[10] She created pieces inspired by images of the war, specifically looking at what children carried with them as they evacuated their homes.[10]