9/11 had this impact on Farah and her mother as the terrorist attack created a distrust for those of different nationalities. Because people of the same religion as Farah (obviously in an extremist form) was the cause of thousands of deaths, many began to assume that anyone of the same religion and race would hold the same values, and, because of their relation of the terrorists alone, many unfairly assumed Farah and her mother were to blame.
