Khartoum's Equestrian Club struggles amid Sudan upheaval
For decades the Equestrian and Racing Club has given upper-crust Sudanese the chance to learn horse riding and watch horse racing in a shady compound set apart from the surrounding urban bustle of the capital Khartoum.
But the club has had to cut back activities since popular unrest erupted in December and led to the fall of autocratic President Omar al-Bashir in April, dampening high society life.
Children wash a horse before a riding classes, at the stables.
A Sudanese man trains a horse.
Einas, 18, touches the horse she rides at a riding class.
Dania, 13, prepares for horse riding lessons.
A worker washes a horse inside a stable.
A young man who lives and works at the stables sits on a bed outside his room.
A boy pets a horse.
El Tayeb (left), 19, and Tajideen, 14, rest on a bed outside their room at the stables.
Mohamed, 16, enters a room where he lives, at the stables.
An old book announcing a race, with former president Omar Al Bashir's photograph on it, lies on the ground.
Souvenirs displayed on shelves.
Children who help take care of the horses on evenings at the club, before heading home.
Taisir, 24, who lives with her husband at the stables, poses for a portrait. Taisir and her husband, Terab, who works at the stables, are from Nyala, in Darfur.
Einas poses for a portrait at her home.
Lema, a horse rider, rests in the sitting area near the horse riding arena.
Women chat at the club.
