The Hadhrami Diaspora in Southeast Asia Identity Maintenance or Assimilation?

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).