Bandargate
English
[edit]
Etymology
[edit]From Bandar + -gate, named after reporter Salah al-Bandar.
Proper noun
[edit]Bandargate
- A scandal in which the Bahraini government sought to marginalize the Shia majority.
- 2006 October 2, Hassan M. Fattah, “Report Cites Bid by Sunnis in Bahrain to Rig Elections”, in The New York Times[1]:
- The scandal, which is being called “Bandargate” after the author of the report, Salah al-Bandar, reaches to the core of this tiny island kingdom’s simmering tensions.