Fate, Fear, Poverty and Entrepreneurship: The Untold Stories of the Poor Kelantanese Malay Petty Women Petty Trader

Abstract

This book, the study of poverty involves fate, hope, and entrepreneurship pertaining to Malay petty women traders in Kelantan, knocking on the doors and leading our hearts to realise constantly that in this life there are various chains and loaves of bread to be exchanged in the case of poverty and bridges of life confidence. Entrepreneurship is a means, a glitter of hope, empowering them with a sense of initiative and creativity. Indeed in this outpouring, we would like to sincerely express with great respect and immense gratitude to the women who had willingly accepted our invitations to conduct this study and narrated their stories so that it becomes a taste that has been and always will be ingrained in memory, and after this story became a book, a mosaic and love for those women in pain who had struggled against poverty and only them who felt the beauty of the drops of dew that fall on a cold morning and the patience of coconut trees to welcome thunderstorms and strong winds. Without a doubt, they were all great wives, mothers and entrepreneurs.