In 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.
Huub de Jonge, Ph.D. (1984), taught economic anthropology at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. He mainly published books and articles on the Madurese in Indonesia. Together with Nico Kaptein, he co-edited Transcending Borders: Arabs, Politics, Trade and Islam in Southeast Asia (KITLV Press, 2002).
Preface List of Figures
Introduction
â1âStudies on Indonesian Hadhramis
â2âData Collection
â3âOutline
â4âArabs and Hadhramis
1 Discord and Solidarity among the Arabs in the Netherlands East Indies, 1900â1942
â1âThe Arab Minority in the Netherlands East Indies
â1âIdentification with the Arab World
â2âDiscord between Sayyid and Syekh
â3âThe Title Fight
â4âIntegration in the Wider Society
â5âConclusion
2 Dutch Colonial Policy Pertaining to Hadhrami Immigrants
â1âThe Quarter and Pass Systems
â2âImmigration Policy
â3âConclusion
3 Abdul Rahman Baswedan and the Emancipation of the Hadhramis in Indonesia
â1âGrowing Up in Ampel
â2âJournalist and Politician
â3âTotok and Peranakan
â4âPersatoean Arab Indonesia
â5âThe Japanese Occupation
â6âIndependence
â7âConclusion
4 Aliran Baroe: A Mirror of Change within the Indo-Hadhrami Community
â1âPersatoean Arab Indonesia (PAI) dan Aliran Baroe
â2âA New Journal, a New Direction
â3âIndo-Hadhrami Nationalism and Islam
â4âHadhramaut
â5âWomenâs Issues
â6âStories
â7âGado-gado
â8âConclusion
5 Fatimah: Arab-Indonesian Nationalism on Stage
â1âHoesin Bafagih
â2âThe Story Line
â3âContested Issues
â4âReception
â5âConclusion
6 Selective Accommodation: The Hadhramis in Indonesia during World War II and the Struggle for Independence
â1âThe Japanese Occupation
â2âRevolutionary Years
â3âConcluding Remarks
7 Contradictory and against the Grain: Snouck Hurgronje on the Hadhramis in the Dutch East Indies (1889â1936)
â1âCountless Extortions and Useless Bantering
â2âThe Danger of Pan-Islamism
â3âIncompatible Ends
8 Post-War Remittances from the Netherlands East Indies to Hadhramaut
Selected Glossary Bibliography Index
Historians, anthropologists, Indonesianists, Islamologists, Arabists, and diaspora scholars.