Please provide a short summary of the chapter, Allegiance.

In the chapter, Allegiance, Lalami recalls becoming a U.S. citizen in the year 2000. A year later, after the 9/11 attacks, there was a surge of Islamophobia in the United States. Lalami is a Muslim woman who is originally from Morocco. She experienced Islamophobia firsthand. Lalami writes about the injustice of people insinuating that the citizenship and patriotism of certain groups—such as Muslims—are in question. She further recalls how the patriotism of anyone who did not support the ‘War on Terror’ was called into question.