Hadhramaut and its diaspora : Yemeni politics, identity and migration / edited by Noel Brehony.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brehony, Noel, editor.

Series:

Library of modern Middle East studies ; Volume 196.

Library of modern Middle East studies ; Volume 196

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hadrami (Arab tribe)--History.

Hadrami (Arab tribe).

Hadrami (Arab tribe)--Migrations.

Ḥaḍramawt (Yemen : Province)--Emigration and immigration.

Ḥaḍramawt (Yemen : Province).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

"The Hadhramis of Yemen have migrated for centuries in large numbers, establishing a diaspora that extends around the Indian Ocean, Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf States. This migration has deeply affected the host countries as well as Hadhramaut itself. Yet the region has not been able to use its population size, capabilities or resources to wield significant political influence in successive Yemeni regimes. This book examines the people of the Hadhrami diaspora, who travelled as religious scholars, traders, labourers and soldiers, to understand their enduring influence and identity. In doing so, the book explores key aspects of their history, including the impact of Yemeni nationalist movements, the significance of land reforms, the importance of social and tribal origins and how the Hadhrami resisted European domination as a Muslim community. Although a distinctive part of geographical Yemen, Hadhramaut was not regarded as a Yemeni political entity until the twentieth century.This research asks if the recent turmoil in Yemen following the Arab Spring, the growth of Al-Qa'ida and ISIS, and war involving a coalition led by Saudi Arabia, will produce even greater instability in the region or perhaps lead to a united Yemen, a restored South Yemen or even to Hadhramaut as an independent state."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Foreword by Muhammad bin Dohry

Introduction by Abdalla Bujra and Noel Brehony Hadhramaut in Yemen

Chapter One. Hadhramaut in Yemen Politics / Noel Brehony and Saadaldin Talib

Chapter Two. Hadhrami "Exceptionalism": attempts at an explanation / Thanos Petouris

Chapter Three. Rural life and land tenure in Wadi Hadhramaut: links with outmigration / Helen Lackner

Hadhramaut and the diaspora

Chapter Four. Visualising the Homeland: the Atlas of Sayyid Uthman of Batavia (1822-1914) / Nico Kaptein

Chapter Five." Revival" of the Hadhrami Diaspora? Networking through Religious Figures in Indonesia / Kazuhiro Arai

Chapter Six. Arab Muslim migrants in the colonial Philippines: the Hadhramaut connection / William Clarence-Smith

Chapter Seven. Scimitar for Hire: Yemeni Fighters Abroad / James Spencer

Chapter Eight. Citizenship and belonging amongst the Hadhramis of Kenya / Iain Walker

Chapter Nine. Diaspora or network? Hadhrami diaspora reconsidered through the lens of trade / Philippe Petriat

Chapter Ten. From Barefoot Doctors to Professors of Medicine in Seventy-Five Years 1940-2015 / Adel Aulaqi

Research issues

Chapter Eleven. Rediscovering Hadhramaut: paradigms of research / Leif Manger

Chapter Twelve. Research Issues on Hadhramaut / Abdalla Bujra

Bibliography

Notes on contributors

Index.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350986671

1350986674

9781786731678

1786731673

9781786721679

1786721678

OCLC:

1114483901