She is a trainer and mentor of award-winning photographers of AFAC's Documentary Photography Programme, a graphic designer for children's books at Dar Al-Fata Al-Arabi, and from 2008-14 was the photo editor of Al-Shorouk daily newspaper. She has published three monographs and has exhibited her work in Egypt and abroad. In 2006, Shaath represented Egypt at the Bienal de São Paulo.