Abstract
When Yemen is mentioned, images of a long-term civil war between the government, the Houthis, and a complex combination of international actors immediately come to mind. But what is less known about Yemen is its diaspora community in Southeast Asia that migrated there, especially from the Hadhramaut region in the south of Yemen. In the 17th century, many Hadhramis left their homeland for different regions around the Indian Ocean, and most of them settled in Southeast Asia. In fact, today many Arab families in the region are descendants of the first wave of Hadhrami businessmen and academics who migrated to this region in search of a better life. Therefore, the purpose of writing this article is to examine the position of Yemen and Yemenis from the point of view of the Malay elites, and to answer the question of what position the Yemenis have from the point of view of the Malay elites, and what changes this view has seen since the 17th century? In order to answer this question, the author tries to examine this position from the time of the migration of Hadhramis to Southeast Asia, especially the Malay world (Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia) until the Yemen crisis (since 2015) and in two The level of political elites and civil society elites and using the comparative research method to describe this position.
