| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 201 pages) : map |
| Contents |
Diasporic communities within empires and nation states -- Singapore : making Muslim space in a global city -- Hyderabad : from winners to losers -- Hadramis in Sudan : a red sea tale -- Ethiopia : the problem of being "Arab," "Somali," "capitalist," and "terrorist" -- Identities in the making -- Maintaining a Hadrami identity in the diaspora -- Homeland-diaspora dynamics : problematizing diasporic consciousness among Sada and non-Sada groups -- Resisting the West : Muslim universalism versus western globalization in the Indian Ocean |
| Summary |
The Hadramis of South Yemen and the emergence of their diasporic communities throughout the Indian Ocean region are an intriguing facet of the history of this region's migratory patterns. In the early centuries of migration, the Yemeni, or Hadrami, traveler was both a trader and a religious missionary, making the migrant community both a "trade diaspora" and a "religious diaspora." This tradition has continued as Hadramis around the world have been linked to networks of extremist, Islamic-inspired movements--Osama bin Laden, leader of Al Qaeda and descendant of a prominent Hadramis family, as t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Hadrami (Arab tribe) -- Migrations
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Hadrami (Arab tribe) -- Ethnic identity
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Hadrami (Arab tribe) -- Indian Ocean Region -- Social conditions
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
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Emigration and immigration
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Ḥaḍramawt (Yemen : Province) -- Emigration and immigration
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Indian Ocean Region -- Emigration and immigration
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Indian Ocean Region
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Yemen (Republic) -- Ḥaḍramawt (Province)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781845459789 |
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1845459784 |
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