Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan ya isa Amurka, Suwaij ya koyar da Larabci a Jami'ar Yale kuma ya yi aiki da sake shigar da 'yan gudun hijirar Sudan a Amurka. A shekara ta 2001, bayan hare-haren ta'addanci na 11 ga Satumba, ta kafa Majalisar Musulunci ta Amurka don "wakiltar waɗancan Musulman Amurkawa waɗanda ke son 'yancin Amurka bayan sun rayu a ƙarƙashin tsarin zalunci". Suwaij ya kasance fitaccen mai goyon bayan yakin Amurka da Iraqi a shekarar 2003. A shekara ta 2004, ta yi magana a taron Jam'iyyar Republican na kasa
, ta sake jaddada goyon bayanta ga mamayewar Amurka a Iraki a shekarar 2003.