Baghdad Journal

At the Al Coquette

For two days political party leaders and members attended Democracy workshops led by the National Democracy Institute in the banquet hall of the Al Coquette. Twenty-five new and old political parties were represented including the Brotherhood and Peace Party, The Yazidi Party (the Yazidi clan have been oppressed and killed by all ethnic groups in Iraq), the New Democracy Party, members of the old Communist party, a Shia Party leader, and two parties dedicated to pushing women's rights.