This thoughtful, richly informed study is the fruit of wide reading and painstaking research. It is written with assurance and refreshing lucidity, and is a valuable addition to existing studies on the Hadrami diaspora.?Asian AffairsA ground-breaking study of the Hadrami community in Indonesia. The book considers the evolution of Indonesian Arab identity in the context of the rise of nationalism throughout Southeast Asia during the early twentieth century.The Hadrami Awakening: Community and Identity in the Netherlands East Indies, 1900–1942 is written by Natalie Mobini-Kesheh and published by Southeast Asia Program Publications. ISBNs for The Hadrami Awakening are 9781501732522, 1501732528 and the print ISBNs are 9780877277279, 0877277273.

