Honestly, none of this surprises me.
Coming from a Muslim/Arab background in my family, my family and I went through this same experience. My mother feared for her life to come outside in public after 9/11. She did not take one step outside of our small apartment for overr six months. I have dealt with the same prejudice racism and still do sometimes.
I used to be afraid for many years to tell anyone that I was an Arab until the summer before I started high school. I found a guy on youtube whoe is a Muslim and an Arab and he was such a good influence on me. I learned to not care about what others thought of me and that I should be confident and proud of where I came from. It was only a group of idiots that caused 9/11, not the entire group of people who follow the religion. It is just like saying all white Americans are serial killers if we just see an American white man who killed many innocent civilians.
I am waiting for the day when Arabs can walk around America without being in fear of getting hurt just because they are the race and the way they belief is who they are.
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