 She was born in Amman on 14th May 1971 and received her primary education in Jordan at the Amman Baptist School and subsequently at the International Community School, Amman.Princess Sumaya later attended Sherborne School for Girls in Dorset, in the United Kingdom.She went on to graduate from the Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London with a BA (Hons) in History of Art, specialising in "Early Sources of Islamic Art and Architecture".