Ms. Aishah Schwartz is an American revert to Islam born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, who made her Shahada (profession of faith) at the conclusion of a Jummah Prayer service on April 19, 2002, at The World Bank in Washington, D.C. - roughly 17 months after meeting the first person she had ever known in her then 41-years, to be Muslim.

One year after taking Islam as her religion of choice, Ms. Schwartz retired from her then 22-year career as a legal assistant, in order to dedicate herself to a commitment she made as a Christian (raised Baptist), at the age of 19, to serve God - thus, she has endeavored to fulfill that mission, for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, through an ever-widening range of projects.

In her more recent capacity as a writer and copy-editor with MAS Freedom (MASF), the civic and human rights advocacy entity of the Muslim American Society (MAS), Aishah Schwartz serves as the 'behind-the-scenes' person who pulls together the news (some of which she writes herself), which is then uploaded to the MAS/MASF website, and reformatted for distribution through the organizational e-list. 

Ms. Schwartz also provides graphic materials such as, flyers, posters, logos, slideshow presentations, etc. for various MAS/MASF related campaigns.  The signs used in the 2007 MASF March on Washington and for rally's in support of justice in the Palestinian territory held in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. are examples.

If you scroll down through the 'Take Action' section of the MAS/MASF website, a large part of the visual work you will see there, and inside the articles themselves, consists of flyers, logos, and photographs either made by or taken by Ms. Schwartz - anywhere you note a gap in graphic material, means she was on a plane taking one of her oft-written about journey's. Ms. Schwartz has been working with MAS/MASF on-and-off since 2003 (Pictured here at a press conference.) 

Ms. Schwartz is also responsible for the creation and administration/editing of a blog set up for MAS Freedom's Civil and Human Rights Director, Ibrahim Abdil-Mu'id Ramey - Voice of Reason.

All of that is just Ms. Schwartz's 'day job' - she also moonlights as Founder and Director of Muslimah Writers Alliance, a project dedicated to the support, growth and development of Muslim Women writers, founded in January 2006.

Saudi Arabia was home to Ms. Schwartz for a year (2004-05), that found her blessed with the opportunity to perform Umrah 7 times, to mark her birthday in 2005 with the first day of Hajj, and gave her the chance to visit Jeddah, Riyadh, and Madinah. She has also cumulatively spent 13-months living in Egypt, in addition to visiting Pakistan, Morocco and Jordan, however, surprisingly she has yet to learn Arabic! 

Ms. Schwartz holds memberships in the National Association of Women Writers, National Association of Muslim Lawyers, Muslim American Journalists Association, and the Committee to Protect Journalists. She has also more recently been extended an invitation to join the Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equity (WISE) as a member of the steering committee.

Even with such a full agenda, all-in-all, Ms. Schwartz considers the past six years in Islam as - time well spent.

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