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The Pickle Business: The Ups and Downs of an Entrepreneurial Business Venture
Student Organizer 2
Pickles: Questions for discussion

  1. What information in the video suggests that the status of widows in Israeli Arab culture is low?

  2. What do you infer from Fatma's account of having seven girls, and then a boy?

  3. Why are these widows not interested in marrying again?

  4. What are some of the stresses that the women experience as a result of their business venture?

  5. If you could give the women some advice, what would you say?

  6. Do you think Fatma will succeed in running the business from her home?

  7. What do you think a small start-up business needs in order to succeed?

  
 
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