Saudi was born in Amman, Jordan in 1945. She studied sculpture at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. She sculpts mainly in stone. Her forms are full of vitality, beauty and a clear sense of equilibrium. She created her first sculpture in stone in 1965, named Mother/Earth, and frequently returns to ideas of fertility and growth. Always starting with basic shapes, the square, circle, cylinder or rectangle, she goes on to give them movement, a life of their own – either repeating their forms, varying their depths or heights, or cutting them across one another to create new, graceful compositions. She describes herself as a stone lover, respecting and manipulating the primary material of earth to create powerful and timeless works. Saudi uses different forms of natural stone from the Middle East, white marble from Carrara, pink limestone and green marble from Jordan, and black diorite from Syria. She creates modern, abstract forms expressing themes of life force and creation.
Her works have been shown in solo exhibitions worldwide and featured in collections of the Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE. In addition, a monumental sculpture by Saudi stands outside the Arab World Institute in Paris. It is the only work permitted to grace the surrounding precinct by its architect Jean Nouvel.