The Hadrami Awakening: Community and Identity in the Netherlands East Indies, 1900–1942This thoughtful, richly informed study is the fruit of wide reading and painstaking research. It is written with assurance and refreshing lucidity, and is a valuable addition to existing studies on the Hadrami diaspora.―Asian Affairs A ground-breaking study of the Hadrami community in Indonesia. The book considers the evolution of Indonesian Arab identity in the context of the rise of nationalism throughout Southeast Asia during the early twentieth century. |
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Map of Hadramawt | 11 |
Introduction | 12 |
The Origins of the Hadrami Community in the Indies | 17 |
Nahḍah The Hadrami Awakening | 34 |
The Arab Association for Reform and Guidance | 52 |
Education and Identity The AlIrshad Schools | 71 |
Competing Visions of HadramiNess The AlawiIrshadi Conflict | 91 |
Awakening the Homeland | 108 |
Hadrami or Indonesian? | 128 |
Conclusion | 150 |
Abbreviations | 156 |
Glossary | 157 |
Bibliography | 159 |
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