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The industrial sector is limited in Nablus.
There are many white and blue collar workers earning very low wages.
There are some statistics that claim the unemployment rate in Nablus is between 22-26%.
But according to my estimation, the percentage is much higher.
This is because housewives are not counted
because basically only graduated university students are counted.
So I estimate that the percentage could easily be 30%.
If this is related to the opening of the checkpoint, for sure this improved economic activity.
The Arab Palestinians of 1948 arrived.
I mean their arrival boosted economic activity in the city.
But what did this affect? I would say that it affected the private sector.
I set up a basta (street shop) at my house in order to sell chips and other snacks.
In order to save money for my daughter's school expenses.
It's not enough. You can hardly cope with all of your expenses.
And sometimes you are overwhelmed by them.
It depends on your income. Sometimes you can't cover your expenses until God opens the way for you.
Sometimes we don't have money.
I buy on credit from the mini-market 600 to 700 shekels a month, sometimes 250.
Sometimes there are things missing , so I have to bring sugar, coffee, tea.
Sometimes rice for the girls, and sometimes I buy cheese because the cheese I receive is not enough
I buy them, but they will not last long.
you have a total of 600, 700, 600, 700!
I go and cover it. If I can't cover it, the shopkeeper will humiliate me.
She doesn't feel pity for me if my dead husband's pension is late.
As you can see, it is a humiliating life.
It's all burning inside my heart.
I have diabetes. I have heart problems.
Life is difficult. Very, very difficult.
Difficulties are that there are very few job opportunities.
You work for someone who does not respect your rights.
First thing, a father does not have a certificate
He does not have any vocational skills.
One day he works and 10 days he does not work.
He has small children, he can't cover their expenses and the house expenses.
He lives with his brother and his mother in one house.
He wants to live independently
But he cannot afford it.
In society, you need industries, businesses,
people who can support you money wise in order to start your own business.
Sometimes you think of a project, but the lack of money prevents you from doing this project.
but the lack of money prevents you from doing this project.