Sawsan Jabrah Ayyūb Khalīl (Sawsan Gabra) was born in 1963 in Alexandria, Egypt. Jabrah became involved in intercultural and interfaith dialogue when she returned to Egypt with her husband and co-founder of Arab-West Report (founded in 1997); Cornelis Hulsman. Gabra is Coptic Orthodox. She actively participates in the daily work of the Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Translation. She selects articles for translation, and coordinates work with translations in coordination with the CIDT language editor.