From Taʿizz to Tyneside : an Arab community in the north-east of England during the early twentieth century
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From Taʿizz to Tyneside : an Arab community in the north-east of England during the early twentieth century
University of Exeter Press, 1995
- pbk.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-288) and index
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Description
This book is the first in-depth study of early Arab immigrants to Britain, and provides a unique insight into their everyday lives. During the First World War, several thousand Arab seafarers arrived in a number of British ports; most came from the Yemen and neighbouring parts of Britain's Aden Protectorate. They represent the first significant Muslim communities to settle in Britain.
The book focuses on Tyneside because this is the only area for which there are extensive local archival sources
Events on Tyneside are set in their national and international contexts. Throughout the interwar period, declining employment opportunities in shipping brought intense competition for jobs, and the Arab seamen found themselves unwanted guests; discrimination, abuse, regulation and control intensified.
Table of Contents
- 1. The earliest Arab immigrants - the pioneers 2. Aden and the Yemmen - emigration and society 3. The "Big Men" of the community - the Arab boarding-house masters 4. Unwelcome guests - competition for jobs
- 5. South Shields the storm centre - the rota system and the "Arab Riot" of August 1930 6. After the storm 7. Mixed marriages and moral outrage
- 8. Religious revival and political rivalries
- 9. The post-war years - integration and assimilation. Appendix: the rota system
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