Abdullah Alajmi
Biographic Data
| ID | 6416009 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abdullah Alajmi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abdullah |
| FAMILY NAME | Alajmi |
| SIGNATURE | ALAJMI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arab Open University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Social Anthropology in the Arab World
The Birth and "Death" of aSiby
In the mainstream literature about migration in the Gulf region, the experience of individual immigrants and their community’s relationship with a destination has been overshadowed by a focus on the broad economic and demographic factors of migration. This article complements the existing literature by examining a Hadrami’s interpretation of his own migratory experience and his community as a whole. The life history of a retiring Hadrami siby (ma…
The Model Immigrant
In the early 1950s, Kuwait underwent rapid urbanization during which first-generation Hadramis were swiftly absorbed into Kuwaiti urban houses assuming domestic service roles. It is argued that the socioeconomic path of house-serving shaped the Hadrami character and experience of the “model immigrant” as we know it today. However, the study also demonstrates how a Hadrami migratory practice of dependency on the local family and sponsor was inspir…
Debt, Peonage and Dependency in the kafalah System
Studies of immigrants in Kuwait focus on structural aspects overlooking sociohistorical elements and meso-level relationships that develop through migration. This ethnography shows that the immigrant's perspective and the history of the relationship between the receiving society and the immigrant community are both essential for establishing broader and thicker analyses of reality. It argues that because Hadramis and Kuwaiti sponsors were histori…
House-to-House Migration
Ethnographic research among Hadrami immigrants in Kuwait showed significant relationships that emerged between affluent Kuwaiti families and waves of labourers at the beginning of state formation. It is suggested that those relationships had worked as a model for the state and for how ordinary Kuwaitis categorised and interacted with different populations of immigrants. In the 1950s, the first Hadrami immigrants in Kuwait were children and young …
Debt, Peonage and Dependency in the kafalah System
Studies of immigrants in Kuwait focus on structural aspects overlooking sociohistorical elements and meso-level relationships that develop through migration. This ethnography shows that the immigrant's perspective and the history of the relationship between the receiving society and the immigrant community are both essential for establishing broader and thicker analyses of reality. It argues that because Hadramis and Kuwaiti sponsors were histori…
House-to-House Migration
Ethnographic research among Hadrami immigrants in Kuwait showed significant relationships that emerged between affluent Kuwaiti families and waves of labourers at the beginning of state formation. It is suggested that those relationships had worked as a model for the state and for how ordinary Kuwaitis categorised and interacted with different populations of immigrants. In the 1950s, the first Hadrami immigrants in Kuwait were children and young …
Debt, Peonage and Dependency in the kafalah System
Studies of immigrants in Kuwait focus on structural aspects overlooking sociohistorical elements and meso-level relationships that develop through migration. This ethnography shows that the immigrant's perspective and the history of the relationship between the receiving society and the immigrant community are both essential for establishing broader and thicker analyses of reality. It argues that because Hadramis and Kuwaiti sponsors were histori…
The Model Immigrant
In the early 1950s, Kuwait underwent rapid urbanization during which first-generation Hadramis were swiftly absorbed into Kuwaiti urban houses assuming domestic service roles. It is argued that the socioeconomic path of house-serving shaped the Hadrami character and experience of the “model immigrant” as we know it today. However, the study also demonstrates how a Hadrami migratory practice of dependency on the local family and sponsor was inspir…
The Birth and "Death" of aSiby
In the mainstream literature about migration in the Gulf region, the experience of individual immigrants and their community’s relationship with a destination has been overshadowed by a focus on the broad economic and demographic factors of migration. This article complements the existing literature by examining a Hadrami’s interpretation of his own migratory experience and his community as a whole. The life history of a retiring Hadrami siby (ma…
Social Anthropology in the Arab World
Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (5 works) · Socioeconomic Development in MENA (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Immigration (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works)