She attended the United World College of the Atlantic in Wales and received her undergraduate degree in Japanese at the University of Edinburgh.

[9] Currently, Princess Raiyah is a graduate student studying a PhD in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures on "the reception of medieval warrior narratives in Japan and the Arab World and their impact upon the construction of national identities" at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

[10] Princess Raiyah took part in official visits to Japan in 2007 and 2008, and accompanied King Abdullah II to the country in April 2009.

[11] In 2008, she formed part of a Jordanian delegation during an official visit with King Abdullah II to South Korea.

The pair married on 7 July 2020 in the United Kingdom with the permission of King Abdullah II,[15] after their planned wedding in Jordan was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.