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Book SynopsisIn In Search of Identity: The Hadhrami Arabs in the Netherlands East Indies and Indonesia (1900-1950) Huub de Jonge discusses changes in social, economic, cultural and national identity of Arabs originating from Hadhramaut (Yemen) in the Netherlands East Indies and Indonesia. Within the relatively isolated and traditionally oriented Hadhrami community, all sorts of rifts and divisions arose under the influence of segregating colonial policies, the rise of Indonesian nationalism, the Japanese occupation, and the colonial war. The internal turmoil, hardly noticed by the outside world, led to the flourishing of new ideas, orientations, loyalties and ambitions, while traditional values, customs, and beliefs were called into question.
Table of ContentsPreface List of Figures Introduction 1 Studies on Indonesian Hadhramis 2 Data Collection 3 Outline 4 Arabs and Hadhramis 1 Discord and Solidarity among the Arabs in the Netherlands East Indies, 1900–1942 1 The Arab Minority in the Netherlands East Indies 1 Identification with the Arab World 2 Discord between Sayyid and Syekh 3 The Title Fight 4 Integration in the Wider Society 5 Conclusion 2 Dutch Colonial Policy Pertaining to Hadhrami Immigrants 1 The Quarter and Pass Systems 2 Immigration Policy 3 Conclusion 3 Abdul Rahman Baswedan and the Emancipation of the Hadhramis in Indonesia 1 Growing Up in Ampel 2 Journalist and Politician 3 Totok and Peranakan 4 Persatoean Arab Indonesia 5 The Japanese Occupation 6 Independence 7 Conclusion 4 Aliran Baroe: A Mirror of Change within the Indo-Hadhrami Community 1 Persatoean Arab Indonesia (PAI) dan Aliran Baroe 2 A New Journal, a New Direction 3 Indo-Hadhrami Nationalism and Islam 4 Hadhramaut 5 Women’s Issues 6 Stories 7 Gado-gado 8 Conclusion 5 Fatimah: Arab-Indonesian Nationalism on Stage 1 Hoesin Bafagih 2 The Story Line 3 Contested Issues 4 Reception 5 Conclusion 6 Selective Accommodation: The Hadhramis in Indonesia during World War II and the Struggle for Independence 1 The Japanese Occupation 2 Revolutionary Years 3 Concluding Remarks 7 Contradictory and against the Grain: Snouck Hurgronje on the Hadhramis in the Dutch East Indies (1889–1936) 1 Countless Extortions and Useless Bantering 2 The Danger of Pan-Islamism 3 Incompatible Ends 8 Post-War Remittances from the Netherlands East Indies to Hadhramaut Selected Glossary Bibliography Index
