The Hadrami Awakening - by Natalie Mobini-Kesheh (Paperback)

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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...

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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.

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This book fills a gap in the historiography of colonial Indonesia. Mobini-Kesheh's study delivers a fascinating picture of an immigrant community in colonial Indonesia and opens up valuable insights into one of the most important non-European trading communities and its socio-political world.

This 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.