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المملكة: A Saudi woman wins two gold medals at the International Exhibition of Inventions in the Middle East


The Saudi inventor was a member of the Mawhiba Association of the King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity " in the Middle East, which was held in the country In its sixteenth edition during the period 8 – 12 February 2026, for her invention of a device for filtering materials and recycling used liquids.

Khudari won the first gold medal presented by the exhibition management, while she won the second gold in the category "Best invention in the show"Submitted by the International Federation of Inventors’ Associations (IFIA), supported and nominated by "talent" For representing the Kingdom in this international forum, in which the Foundation is participating for the third time.

National Olympiad for Creativity

The inventor had won first place for the same device in the National Olympiad for Scientific Creativity competitions. "creativity" For the year 2013, organized by "talent" Annually in partnership with the Saudi Ministry of Education, when she participated in it as a student.

While in 2024, she obtained a patent certificate for the device, which filters materials and recycles used liquids with high efficiency.

International Exhibition of Inventions

This achievement comes as an extension of the role of "talent" In discovering promising national energies in the early stages, and nurturing them through an integrated system of enrichment, qualification and competitive programmes, leading to enabling them to represent the Kingdom in regional and international forums, in support of the objectives of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 in developing human capital and building a competitive knowledge economy based on innovation and creativity.

The International Exhibition of Inventions in the Middle East, which has been organized annually since 2007, is one of the most prominent and largest exhibitions. Specialized in the field of invention in the region, as more than (180) inventions participate annually, and it attracts specialists in the field of innovation and invention from more than (34) countries around the world.

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