Christine Mallouhi grew up in Australia and lived in the Middle East and North Africa for over thirty years after marriage to the Syrian author Mazhar Mallouhi. They co-founded www. al-kalima.com a...ver maisChristine Mallouhi grew up in Australia and lived in the Middle East and North Africa for over thirty years after marriage to the Syrian author Mazhar Mallouhi. They co-founded www. al-kalima.com a group of Christians and Muslims working with scholars, artists and religious leaders to make the Bible and other important texts of faith and spirituality accessible and relevant to Arabic speakers seeking to bring reconciliation to the two communities. Alkalima produced the ground-breaking new translation of the Arabic Bible, THE TRUE MEANING OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST. Christine was a contributing editor for TUNISIAN NEWS and has written numerous articles and spoken on Muslim Christian relations worldwide.Aljazeera's series Friends of the Arabs featured Christine for her books WAGING PEACE ON ISLAM and MINISKIRTS MOTHERS AND MUSLIMS. Her writing on behalf of the Palestinian people brought recognition from President and Mrs Arafat. She currently lives in Melbourne where she founded and leads a Benedictine lay group Galahkookemu and is a Lay Minister in the Anglican church. She is internationally known for forging bridges between communities, Christian-Muslim, evangelical-sacramental. Her books are translated into five languages. Her latest book WHISPERS OF PRESENCE born out of the inner journey bridges evangelical passion with sacramental awareness with appreciation of Muslim Sufi love of God.ver menos