Dima, a dramaturg, assistant director and translator, is a professor at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus. She is a founding member of the Damascus Theater Lab and the Citizens Artists Foundation and has been managing a youth theater project in Damascus since 2009. Dima has worked as a trainer in a variety of interactive theater projects, including initiatives in public schools and at a youth detention center in Qudsaya. In recent years, she has organized artistic activities and theater workshops for youth and children with various institutions and NGOs. She also contributed to the general secretariat of the 2008 Arab Capital of Culture (Damascus) event. Dima holds a degree in theatrical studies from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus and a degree in English literature from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Damascus University.