Shaima Bin Othman joined YPC as a Research Assistant in 2019. As a co-founder of Takween Cultural Club and Meemz Art Initiative, she is a social activist and volunteer, focusing on the arts as a method for social change. She has taken classes in journalistic writing and has published numerous articles in al-Madaniya magazine.

Shaima holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Hadhramawt University.