The Hadhrami Diaspora in Southeast Asia : Identity Maintenance or Assimilation?.
Material type: TextSeries: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia SerPublisher: Leiden : BRILL, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (316 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789047425786Subject(s): Arabs -- Southeast Asia -- Congresses | Ḥaḍramawt (Yemen : Province) -- Emigration and immigration -- CongressesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Hadhrami Diaspora in Southeast Asia : Identity Maintenance or Assimilation?DDC classification: 305.8927533059 LOC classification: DS523.4.A73H33 2009Online resources: Click to ViewContents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword --- Dato' Seri Syed Hamid Albar -- A Note on Transliteration -- Introduction --- Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk and Hassan Ahmed Ibrahim -- I. Reflections on the Longevity of the Hadhrami Diaspora in the Indian Ocean --- Ulrike Freitag -- II. Arabophobia and tarekat: How Sayyid 'Uthmän Became Advisor to the Netherlands Colonial Administration --- Nico J. G. Kaptein -- III. Arab Hadhramis in Malaysia: Their Origins and Assimilation in Malay Society --- Abdul Rahman Tang Abdullah -- IV. Tea and Company: Interactions between the Arab Elite and the British in Cosmopolitan Singapore --- Nurfadzilah Yahaya -- V. Economic Crisis and State-Building in Hadhramaut, 1941-1949: The Impact of the Decline of Southeast Asian Remittances --- Christian Lekon -- VI. The Decline of Arab Capitalism in Southeast Asia --- Rajeswary Ampalavanar Brown -- VII. Entrepreneurial Strategies of Hadhrami Arabs in Southeast Asia, c. 1750s-1950s --- William Gervase Clarence-Smith -- VIII. Al-Manär and the Hadhrami Elite in the Malay-Indonesian World: Challenge and Response --- Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk -- IX. The Ins and Outs of Hadhrami Journalism in Malaya, 1900-1941: Assimilation or Identity Maintenance? --- William R. Roff -- X. Sayyid Shaykh Ahmad al-Hädï's Contributions to Islamic Reformism in Malaya --- Hafiz Zakariya -- XI. Hadhramis within Malay Activism: The Role of al-Saqqäf(s) in Post-War Singapore (1945-1965) --- Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied -- XII. In the Name of Fatimah: Staging the Emancipation of the Hadhramis in the Netherlands East Indies --- Huub de Jonge -- Glossary -- Archival Sources and Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index.
This volume addresses the question of the Hadhrami Identity in Southeast Asia from various perspectives, and investigates the patterns of the Hahdrami interaction with diverse cultures, values and beliefs in the region. Special attention is also paid to the Hadhrami local and transnational politics, social stratification and in Southeast Asia.
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