Aishah Schwartz
Founder and Director
Name
Aishah Schwartz


Pen Name
Sister Aishah

Description
Retired 17-year career legal assistant, freelance non-fiction writer, interested in supporting Muslim
women and new Shahadas, activism, travel and photography.

Location(s):
Washington, DC

Email
Aishah.Schwartz@MuslimahWritersAlliance.com

Blogs - Websites
Aishah's Islamic Journey - Home of the Journey Library
Muslimah Writers Alliance
Aishah's Journey - The Blog
Sisters4Dawah - The New Muslimah/Sister Support E-Group
Muslimah Writers Alliance E-Forum
Grand Mosque Equal Access for Women Project
MWA Muslim Women Making History Project

Bibliography

The Journey Library
Aishah's Journey Begins...Shahada 4/19/02
Adopt a Ramadan Buddy
Aishah's Journey Continues...My First Ramadan
Aishah's Journey Continues...A Day in the Life of a Servant of Allah
Aishah's Journey Continues...New York, New York!
Aishah's Journey Continues...An American Muslim in Saudi Arabia
Aishah's Journey Continues...The Niqab Story
Aishah's Journey Continues...Released from Solitary Confinement
Aishah's Journey Continues...Only in the Land of Chance
Aishah's Journey Continues...My First Umrah
Aishah's Journey Continues...The Road to Madinah
Aishah's Journey Continues...Madinah Day One
Aishah's Journey Continues...Madinah Our Last Day
Aishah's Journey Continues...An Anniversary
Aishah's Journey Continues...My Third Umrah
Aishah's Journey Continues...Friday, July 23, 2004, Mecca
Aishah's Journey Continues...My Fifth Umrah
Aishah's Journey Continues...Ramadan in KSA Chapter One
Aishah's Journey Continues...Ramadan in KSA Chapter Two
Aishah's Journey Continues...Post Islam Holiday Reflections
Aishah's Journey Continues...Hajj 2005
Aishah's Journey Continues...April 19, 2005 - Three Years Later
Aishah's Journey Continues...Ramadan 2005 - Day One
Aishah's Journey Continues...Through Good Times and Bad
Aishah's Journey Continues...Reflecting on Ramadan 2005
Aishah's Journey Continues…Ramadan the First Four Years
Aishah's Journey Continues...Post Ramadan Blues
Aishah's Journey Continues…Eid in Egypt 2005
Aishah's Journey Continues…Hijab in the Workplace
Aishah's Journey Continues…Prelude to a Shahada Story – Part One
Aishah's Journey Continues…Prelude to a Shahada Story – Part Two

Journalistic Ventures
Muslimah Writers Alliance Director to Appear on Channel Islam Radio in Support of Islamic Initiative
at Johannesburg's Rand Show, PRWeb (3/22/07), Topix (3/22/07)
Muslimah Writers Alliance Petition Exceeds 1,000 Signatures in Support of Guardianship Reform in
Saudi Arabia, PRWeb (3/19/07)
In Defense of Islam: To Advocate or Abdicate, NaseebVibes (3/13/07)
Muslimah Writers Alliance Joins in Petitioning Saudi Arabia for Reversal of Forced Divorce
The American Muslim (TAM) (2/6/07), PRWeb (2/24/07)
Muslimah Writers Alliance Director Welcomes News of Saudi Reversal to Eliminate Women's Prayer
Area, MWANET (9/12/06)
Awista Ayub: Beacon of Hope to the Children of Afghanistan, NaseebVibes, MAJA, (1/07)
Muslimah Writers Alliance Joins Activists Seeking Preservation of Women's Prayer Area at
Makkah's Grand Mosque, MWANET (8/31/06)
Eradicating Complacency - NaseebVibes (4/19/06), Daily Muslims - NY (4/26/06)
Double Homicide Labeled 'Cold Case' - NaseebVibes (4/5/06)
CNN Revives Murder Case of LA Muslim Woman - IBN News, VA (4/4/06), MASNET (4/6/06), and
Daily Muslims, NY (4/13/06)
Muslimah Writers Alliance Launches Muslim Women Making History Project, PRWeb (3/10/06)
Al-Jamarat…The Rest of the Story - NaseebVibes (1/16/06)

Other Articles/Publications
Letter to the Editor; Wall Street Journal, MWANET (4/7/07)
Masajid Still Have a Long Way to Go, The Muslim Link (7/11/06)
Finding Islam on the Internet - Our Rising Star Magazine, Seattle, WA (pending '07)
You're Back From Hajj - Now What? - The Straight Path Magazine (Spring '06)
Interviewed Cii Radio - South Africa (4/15/06) - PodCast available soon, insha'Allah.
Madinah, Revered City of Blessings - Our Rising Star Magazine, Seattle, WA (4/06)
Hunger Awareness Information Resource Packet
A Sad But True Ramadan Survey
Heaven…The Rest of the Story
Here's a Thought…Volunteer Your Way Through the Holidays!
Surviving the Holidays as a Revert
Just a Rant…and Co-Rant…on the "H" Word
Jealousy and Envy; The Wolf Behind the Door
Pondering the Best Deeds of the First 10 Days of Dhul-Hijjah
On the Eve of Eid ul-Adha

About Town - Aishah in front of the camera...
Muslim's Get Out the Vote - CBS News (8/13/03)

Memberships
Muslimah Writers Alliance, Founder & Director
National Association of Women Writers, Member
National Association of Muslim Lawyers, Member
Muslim American Journalists Association, Member
Committee to Protect Journalists, Member
Muslim Photographers Alliance, Member
Academy of American Poets, Member
Naseeb Vibes, Featured Author

Available For
Writing assignments, interviews, conferences.

Public Engagements

National Hunger Awareness Symposium, Washington, D.C., June 2006

Invited Guest/Attendee: 2nd International Moderation Conference for The Kuwait Ministry of
Awqaf & Islamic Affairs - at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in D.C., November, 2006
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2nd International Islamic Moderation Conference a complete success: Kuwaiti Official
November 2006