Bandargate

English

Etymology

From Bandar +‎ -gate, named after reporter Salah al-Bandar.

Proper noun

Bandargate

  1. 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.
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