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Berghahn Books The Hadrami Diaspora Community-Building on the Indian Ocean Rim 2010 Edition by Leif Manger
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 Hadrami family, as the most infamous example. However, communities of Hadramis living outside Yemen are not homogenous. The author expertly elucidates the complexity of the diasporic process, showing how it contrasts with the conventional understanding of the Hadrami diaspora as an unchanging society with predefined cultural characteristics originating in the homeland. Exploring ethnic, social, and religious aspects, the author offers a deepened understanding of links between Yemen and Indian Ocean regions (including India, Southeast Asia, and the Horn of Africa) and the emerging international community of Muslims. Table of contents :- PrefaceIntroduction: Introducing the issuesPart One: Diasporic communites within empires and nation states Chapter One: Singapore: Making Muslim space in a global cityChapter Two: Hyderabad: From winners to losersChapter Three: Hadramis in Sudan: a Red Sea taleChapter Four: Ethiopia: the problem of being "Arab", "Somali", "Capitalist" and "Terrorist"Part Two: Identities in the making Chapter Five: Maintaining a Hadrami identity in the diasporaChapter Six: Homeland-diaspora dynamics: problematizing diasporic consciousness among Sada and non-Sada groupsChapter Seven: Resisting the West: Muslim universalism versus Western globalization in the Indian OceanBibliography