Born in
Amman, Jordan, Shaban was introduced to table tennis at the age of six, where she occasionally played with her father. In 1996, she headed with her family to watch the
Summer Olympic games in
Atlanta, Georgia. Shaban rapidly changed her life, when she first met Chinese table tennis player and then-world champion
Deng Yaping, who motivated her to play for the sport. Following her training in China and even in Europe, Shaban achieved an early success in table tennis, when she claimed the title for the under-14 category at the national junior championships. At the age of ten, she made her inaugural international appearance at the U.S. Open Table Tennis Tournament in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where she displayed her exquisite talent and performance to obtain the tournament title in the women's under-10 category. She continued to build her success in sport by participating as the nation's leading player at the ITTF World Junior Circuit, ITTF Pro Tour and at both the Liebherr World Individual Championships and World Team Championships. She also won two silver medals at the Arab Cup in
Sanaa, Yemen (2003) and in
Beirut, Lebanon (2004). In 2003, Shaban was named Jordan's athlete of the year. She competed for the second time in the
women's singles tournament, where she lost her first match to Czech Republic's
Dana Hadačová, with a set score of 0–4. Shaban is a member of TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen and 3B Berlin Table Tennis Club in
Germany, being coached and trained by Swedish national Anders Johansson. ==Personal life==