In Search of Identity

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

 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