Haya gave birth to their first child in December 2007, and the second one in January 2012.

Haya is a graduate of Oxford University in England and an accomplished equestrian. She represented Jordan at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and is the two-term President of the International Federation for Equestrian Sports.

Princess Haya began horse riding internationally when she was 13. She won the bronze medal in individual Jumping at the seventh Pan Arab Games in Damascus, Syria in 1992, and was named Jordan's athlete of the year in 1992.

She was the first woman to represent Jordan in international equestrian sport and the only woman to win a medal in the Pan-Arab Equestrian Games.

After receiving training for several years in Ireland and Germany, she qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and represented Jordan in show jumping, during which she was also the flag bearer of her country.

Princess Haya became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2007, and became an appointee to the IOC's International Relations Committee in 2010.