The issue focused on the research study of Muslim women in science. A scientific communication professor was running a discussion at the Science magazine for researchers to consider when they were writing about Muslim women in science. The academic literature is full of studies that show how scientists are often forced to deal with religion-based ideas.

Kathleen Newell, an evolutionary biologist and scientist at George Mason University, had no problem being present at the meeting. She said she could not read or write Arabic. But her husband, David