May 14, 2026 · 18 min · 14 segments
How Do You Remember the City That Was Stolen From You?! In this episode of This is Palestine, ninety-year-old George Bahu revisits his childhood in al-Baqa’a al Foqa, a Palestinian neighborhood in…
Diana ButtuHostGeorge Mikhail BahuGuest
His father owned two bus companies, one of them among the largest Palestinian transportation companies at the time.
One company, which he ran with his partner, Nasri Nasser, was based right next to their home in al-Baqa.
The other was the well-known national bus company, founded in 1932 by George's father, Mikhail Jeries Bahu, and his five partners.
The six men you see in this photo went to the British authorities to apply for a license.
The British initially rejected their request, so my father told them, "Why would you give licenses to the Jews and not to us? Do you think we're less than them? I'll file a complaint against you."
Even on Saturdays, when many Jews observed their day of rest and services were closed, they would come and ride our buses to get where they needed to go.
His father owned two bus companies, one of them among the largest Palestinian transportation companies at the time.
One company, which he ran with his partner, Nasri Nasser, was based right next to their home in al-Baqa.
The other was the well-known national bus company, founded in 1932 by George's father, Mikhail Jeries Bahu, and his five partners.
The six men you see in this photo went to the British authorities to apply for a license.
The British initially rejected their request, so my father told them, "Why would you give licenses to the Jews and not to us? Do you think we're less than them? I'll file a complaint against you."
Even on Saturdays, when many Jews observed their day of rest and services were closed, they would come and ride our buses to get where they needed to go.
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