Aishah Schwartz, an American Muslim revert to Islam, is founder and director of the 2006 established Washington, D.C.-based Muslimah Writers Alliance (MWA), whose aim is to counter misconceptions regarding the Islamic faith and members of the Muslim community.

Ms. Schwartz is a published non-fiction writer, poet, and copy editor. Her work has been published at OnIslam.net, The American Muslim, Naseeb Vibes, Arab News, SISTERS magazine, Anissa Magazine (South Africa), Our Rising Star magazine, and in the poetry anthology, The Muslimah Speaks: Her Voice, Her Spirit, among others.

As a woman traveling solo across the Middle East, Ms. Schwartz's role as a civil and human rights activist focused on the rights of Muslim women and the plight of the Palestinian people affected by the Israeli imposed illegal embargo on Gaza.

She also reported on the Middle East revolutions as a freelance photo journalist for Demotix from January 2011. Her 54 story albums have been viewed nearly 170,000 times to date.

BIOGRAPHY (expanded)
http://aishahsjourney.blogspot.com/2010/06/aishah-schwartz-american-muslim-revert.html

BIOGRAPHY - PRLog (short version)
http://bio.prlog.org/mwa-net/50001433-aishah-schwartz.html

BIOGRAPHY WISE MUSLIM WOMEN
http://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/muslimwomen/bio/aishah_schwartz

HONORS
2015 - Interview: Cii Broadcasting, SA
2015 - Top Muslim Women Twitterati | Aishah Schwartz/Storyteller
2014 - Photography published in Rouge Magazine - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2014 - Recognized as a Mighty Muslimah
2013 - Well-known Muslim Women in Hijab
2013 - Le-Ta'arafou Magazine Feature (Arabic | Egypt):
عَائِشَة شوارتز-رئيسة تَحالُف الكَاتِبَات المُسْلِمَات: الصُورَة السَّلْبِيَّة للإسْلَام مَسْؤولِيَّة المُسْلِمِين
2013 - Photography published in BauNetz Magazine (Germany)
2012 - Guest speaker at Native European Muslim Assembly (NEMA) Camp (Tunisia)
2012 - Interviewer for Part III of Bridges Foundation documentary project, The Fog is Lifting: Islam in Women
2012 - Voice of America Interview: MWA Ramadan Quit Smoking Campaign
2011 - Speaker Bridges Foundation documentary film titled Jihad On Terrorism
2011 - Featured on Al-Jazeera Blog at 100th International Women's Day
2010 - Featured in Al-Jazeera Documentary in support of Muslimah Writers Alliance
2009 - Blog: Sister Aishah's Islamic Journey recognized by The Daily Reviewer as among top 100 Muslim blogs
2008 - Recognized in Human Rights Watch (HRW) report: Perpetual Minors
2007 - Included in the book by Donna Gherke-White, Face Behind the Veil
2006 - Al-Ahram Weekly: "Aishah Schwartz, founder-director of the Muslimah Writers Alliance in Washington, set up the Grand Mosque Equal Access for Women Project that circulated a petition protesting the restrictions [on women]. It was the most striking example to date of concerted Islamic feminist global protest and one that authorities could not ignore."

ARABIC PRESS
Youm7/Cairo, Egypt (11 May 2011) اعتصام 50 ناشطا مصريا وأمريكيا أمام معبر رفح
U.S. Activist and Egyptians Protest at Rafah Crossing
http://www.youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=412977
Al-Wafd/Cairo, Egypt (8 Feb 2011) http://tinyurl.com/wafd-8Feb-2011
October Weekly/Cairo, Egypt (19 Jun 2010)
http://tinyurl.com/aishah-schwartz-octwkly-june19
Al-Wafd/Cairo, Egypt (7 Jan 2010) http://tinyurl.com/wafd-7Jan-2010
Al-Wafd/Cairo, Egypt (31 Dec 2009) http://tinyurl.com/wafd-31dec-2009
Al-Wafd/Cairo, Egypt (29 Dec 2009) http://tinyurl.com/wafd-29dec-2009

MOVIE - BRIDGES FOUNDATION MOVIE (Dec 2011)
Jihad on Terrorism (2:42, 12:04, 1:15:00)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-zLekoW3pg (w/Arabic subtitles)
http://www.alnor.no/jihad.on.terrorism.film.htm (Norwegian)
(Related PRLog Press Release - http://prlog.org/11397973)

DOCUMENTARY - AL-JAZEERA (Dec 2010)
MWA Documentary for Al-Jazeera with Aishah Schwartz and Rania Marwan
(Arabic voice-over)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLyJZGzNVqY

DEMOTIX PHOTO JOURNALISM
http://demotix.com/users/aishahschwartz
http://facebook.com/note.php?note_id=334643506575799

MWA WEBSITE
http://mwa-online.blogspot.com

MWA PRESS ROOM
http://pressroom.prlog.org/mwa-net

BLOG - Aishah's Journey
http://aishahsjourney.blogspot.com

FACEBOOK
http://facebook.com/aishah.schwartz
http://facebook.com/aishahschwartz.activist
http://facebook.com/MuslimahWritersAlliance
http://facebook.com/NIMNEWS

TWITTER
http://twitter.com/AishahSchwartz

YOUTUBE
https://youtube.com/user/Aishah41902

PINTEREST
https://pinterest.com/aishahschwartz

LINKEDIN
http://linkedin.com/in/aishahschwartz