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The Pickle Business: The Ups and Downs of an Entrepreneurial Business Venture
Student Organizer 2 -- Teacher Copy
Pickles: Questions for discussion
- What information in the video suggests that the status of widows in Israeli Arab culture is low?
Answer: Answers will vary and probably will include the feeling they have of being watched, their covered-up style of dress, their lack of makeup, and the practice of separating them from their children if they remarry.
- What do you infer from Fatma's account of having seven girls, and then a boy?
Answer: Answers will include the idea that boys are valued more than girls.
- Why are these widows not interested in marrying again?
Answer: Some experienced abuse in their marriages. Some would face having their children sent to live with relatives, as a new husband would not be expected to provide for them.
- What are some of the stresses that the women experience as a result of their business venture?
Answer: They experienced fatigue, stress, and the disapproval of some of their family and neighbors. They also had difficulty in getting along and assigning roles in their business.
- If you could give the women some advice, what would you say?
Answer: Answers will vary.
- Do you think Fatma will succeed in running the business from her home?
Answer: Answers will vary.
- What do you think a small start-up business needs in order to succeed?
Answer: Answers will vary.
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