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Al Kalima The living word for the Arab world
About us
Al Kalima was founded by Arab writer Mazhar Mallouhi and his wife Christine to publish and distribute books which help Muslims understand Christ, to build bridges of understanding between Muslims and Christians. Most Arab Muslims have never read the gospel and most Christian books are written for Christians; those that are produced for a Muslim readership are often written in a very unsympathetic way. It is the goal of Al Kalima to make the Bible accessible for all literate Arabs.
Most Arab Muslims come to the conclusion that Christianity is a western religion, and Christ a western figure. How far from the truth this is: Christ was born a Palestinian Jew and lived under Roman occupation, something which modern Palestinians readily identify with. Al Kalima seeks to replace these stereotypes with the image of Christ as a Middle-Easterner who speaks to the hearts of Arabs.
Al Kalima works with writers and academics in several Arab countries to help produce our books. These people may be Muslim or Christian, but they all share our goal of bridge-building and are happy to endorse our books. All of our books have endorsements by prominent Arab intellectuals, greatly adding to their credibility amongst readers.The presentation of Arabic books is really important: the cover sells the book in the Arab world just as it does in the west. Thus our Bible commentaries are presented in hardback in a style which suggests they are serious religious books. All of Al Kalima's books are published through major Arab publishers.
Mazhar has written many novels in Arabic, five of which are currently in print with Al Kalima. Christine writes in English and is the author of Waging Peace on Islam and Miniskirts, Mothers and Muslims.