The Hadhrami Diaspora in Southeast Asia
Identity Maintenance or Assimilation?
edited by Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk and Hassan Ahmed Ibrahim, IIUM
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Biographical note
Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk, Ph.D. (1998), University of Bergen, is Professor of History at the Department of History and Civilization (IIUM). The areas of his interest include Islam and Arabs in Southeast Asia, Islamic revivalism, and British colonial rule in the Middle East. He has published in Arabic and English, including his latest edited bookAl-ʾAthār al-Kāmila li Mujallat al-Manārʿan Janūb Sharq ʾAsiya, 2 vols. (Kuala Lumpur: RMC, IIUM, 2006).
Hassan Ahmed Ibrahim, Ph.D. (1972) in History, University of London, is Professor of History at the Department of History and Civilization (IIUM). His research interests include the history of the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa and Islamic revivalism. He has published extensively in Arabic and English, including his latest book Sayyid ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Mahdī: A Study of Neo-Mahdism in the Sudan, 1899-1956 (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2004).
Hassan Ahmed Ibrahim, Ph.D. (1972) in History, University of London, is Professor of History at the Department of History and Civilization (IIUM). His research interests include the history of the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa and Islamic revivalism. He has published extensively in Arabic and English, including his latest book Sayyid ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Mahdī: A Study of Neo-Mahdism in the Sudan, 1899-1956 (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2004).
Readership
The primary readers of this volume are those who are interested in the history of Hadhramaut and its diaspora. It also attracts the attention of students of colonialism and migration, anthropologists and postcolonial studies specialists.
Reviews
“ [T]his well-edited book goes far beyond the “usual” proceedings volumes and combines 12 interesting articles and a well-written introduction by the editors. The introductory chapter gives a good overview of the state of the art in Hadhrami studies on Southeast Asia and beyond.
[…] this book makes a fine sample of academic scholarship.”
Holger Warnk, Anthropos, 2011.
[…] this book makes a fine sample of academic scholarship.”
Holger Warnk, Anthropos, 2011.
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