We speak with two Muslim millennials raising their voices against discrimination and religious misconceptions. Nas is a celebrity video blogger with 13 million followers. He's also a Palestinian-Israeli educated at Harvard who defies the far-right\u2019s stereotypes about young Arab men. He says governments should force integration \u2014 otherwise the kinds of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism that plague parts of Europe are inevitable. Mehreen Khan is a correspondent for the Financial Times in Brussels. Not only is she a rare Brexiteer among the EU press corps, she\u2019s also a British Muslim of Pakistani descent who wears a headscarf. That makes her an unusual sight at European Union headquarters where the lack of diversity is at odds with the multicultural reality of many parts of the continent. We get her observations on the ways stereotypes about the East persist and about the ways Europe is failing to protect, and connect with, its 25 million Muslim inhabitants. I first asked why her avatar \u2014 that\u2019s the picture she uses to identify herself on Twitter \u2014 looks a lot like a burka with a maniacal grin. Visit our website for episode art and transcripts, and for more on EU Scream. \u201cBeethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125\u201d by Papalin is licensed under CC by 3.0. \u201cAirside No. 9\u201d is played by Lara Natale.
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