Her Royal Highness Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein is the daughter of HM Late King Hussein Bin Talal of Jordan (1935-1999) and HM Late Queen Alia Al Hussein (1948-1977), who died in a tragic helicopter crash. Princess Haya was born on May 3rd 1974. The late King Hussein and the late Queen Alia adopted Princess Haya’s sister Abir Muhaisen in December 1973, and Queen Alia gave birth to HRH Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein on December 23rd 1975.

HRH Princess Haya was married to HH General Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Defense Minister of UAE, on April 10th 2004, and now resides with her husband in Dubai, traveling to her homeland Jordan often.

Professional Career
At the age of 13, HRH Princess Haya was the first female to represent her country internationally in the Equestrian Sport (Show Jumping). She won an Individual Bronze Medal in the Pan Arab Equestrian Games in 1992, and is the only female equestrian to ever win a Pan Arab Medal in Equestrian to date.

In 1994, the late King Hussein created “Team Harmony,” an international show jumping string of horses. He wished for HRH Princess Haya to study the structure of top class sports in order to restructure sports in Jordan when her competing career had ended.

Over the years, Team Harmony won 36 international classes, 8 national Grand Prix, 7 International Grand Prix’s, and 1 Volvo World Cup Qualifier.

Team Harmony Training Bases
In the years 1995- 2002 HRH Princess Haya competed internationally world wide at an average of 39 International Competitions a year.

	1995 – 1997, Ireland: the late Paul Darragh / Alain Storme
	1995 – 1997, Ireland: Tommy stack (amateur flat race jockey)
	1997 – 1999, Germany: Paul Schockemohle
	1999 – 2000, Holland: Hans Horn
	2000 – 2001, France: Katie Monahan Prudent / Alice Debany Clero
	2001 - 2002, France: Patrick Caron

HRH Princess Haya became the first Jordanian Athlete to give up her amateur status, and signed a commercial contract with Loro Piana, Italy in May 2000. She competed under their colors until October 2001. Jordan has no professional status for athletes, a legislation that HRH Princess Haya has been advocating to instill since 1992.

	In 2000, HRH Princess Haya competed in the Sydney Olympics riding her late father’s mare, ‘Lucilla II’, and was nominated by the delegation to be Jordan’s Flag Bearer in the Opening Ceremony.
	In September 2001 Princess Haya qualified for World Championships in Jerez, Spain 2002, making her the first Arab woman to qualify and compete in an Equestrian World Championship.
	HRH Princess Haya has recently also entered the discipline of endurance riding and has qualified for the World Endurance Championship 2005 in Dubai.

	HRH Princess Haya won the Jordanian National Show jumping Championships in the years 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1992.
	HRH Princess Haya was twice (1988, 1992) decorated by her late father King Hussein, for excelling in her sport internationally.
	Voted “Athlete of the Year” by the Jordanian Public in 1993, and nominated “Athlete of the Year” by The Arab BBC Radio in 1994, after winning numerous National and International Events in the Arab and Asian Region.
	In 1996, HRH Princess Haya also received an award from the Spanish Equestrian Federation as the Equestrian Personality of the Year.
	In March 2000, HRH Princess Haya became the youngest person to receive The International Golden Helm Award from the International Association of Golden Helmsmen of Tourism, after setting up a tourism campaign at the request of her late father during her time training in Germany 1997-1999. This resulted in her raising the numbers of German and German speaking tourists to Jordan from 2% to 12.5% in a two-year period.
	The International Femmes Mythique Association nominated HRH Princess Haya as one of the "Legendary Women".
	HRH Princess Haya remains the first and only woman in Jordan to hold a heavy and articulated vehicles license, and as such was named Honorary President of the Land Transport and Mechanical Union by Jordan’s Taxi and Truck Drivers. She is the only member of the Jordanian Royal family to be member of a union.

Worldwide Organizations
In parallel with her Equestrian career, HRH Princess Haya’s main concentration is focused on humanitarian aid, with a core interest in promoting health, education, youth and sports. HRH Princess Haya works closely with various regional and global charities and social organizations:

	Member of the Athlete’s Commission of the International Olympics Committee (IOC)
	Member of the Honorary Committee of the Aachen School of Course Design (ASCD)
	Member of the Honorary Committee of the Spanish Riding School of Vienna
	President and Founder of the International Jordanian Athletes Cultural Association
	Member of the International Board of Directors of Right To Play, an athlete driven organization that is dedicated to bringing sports and recreation to children affected by war, poverty, disease and illness.
	HRH Princess Haya also represented Jordan in the FEI General Assembly, (International Equestrian Federation) and was Chairperson of the Middle East and Western Asian Sub Group from 1992-1996.
	Honorary President of the Queen Alia Foundation for Hearing and Speech Impaired
	President of the Haya Cultural Center
	Honorary President of Dar Asma Bint Abi Bakr School for the Memorization of the Holy Quran, Dubai
	Honorary Patron of the Dubai Community Theatre & Arts Center (DUCTAC)

Current Projects
HRH Princess Haya is continuing her pursuit of humanitarian causes, and is also getting involved in health, education, youth and sports initiatives in Dubai.

Among HRH Princess Haya’s most recent education projects is the Princess Haya Education Endowment Fund, which aims to provide university scholarships to Canada for young Emarati and Jordanian women who come from less privileged families. She also sponsors the late King Hussein of Jordan Scholarship, which is an annual scholarship for less privileged students to study Veterinary Medicine at the University of Bologna, Italy.
Built in memory of HM Late Queen Alia Al Hussein, Tkiyet Um Ali is the first initiative of its kind in Jordan which provides food and services to the less privileged sectors of Jordanian society through the collection of food and funds from local and regional contributions, while guiding the needy to supportive social relief programs for more sustainable assistance towards becoming happier and more productive members of the society.
Naseej Amman & Dubai is in initiative that aims to document, archive and highlight the historical and cultural treasures of Jordan and Dubai. Projects so far include a historical documentary on the career and humanitarian work of HM Queen Alia Al Hussein, a TV documentary on the social and civic development of Jordan translated through the stories of some of Jordan's earliest professional athletes, and an in-depth and regional examination into the cultural diversity and urbanization of the fabled Bedouin tribes of Arabia, the latter being the current highlight of Naseej Dubai’s projects.

Education
HRH Princess Haya received her early education in Jordan. In 1985 she attended Badminton Boarding School for Girls in Bristol, England, where she accomplished 14 GCSE’s. She next attended Bryanston School in Dorset, and there completed 4 ‘A’ Levels in: Classical Arabic, English Literature, Politics and Government, and History. In 1992 she enrolled in St Hilda’s College, Oxford University and graduated in June 1995 with an Honors Degree BA MA, in P.P.E. (Politics, Philosophy and Economics.)