Somalia's first female equestrian is living her dream

Shukri, Mogadishu’s first female equestrian, gets ready to ride her horse in the city. — Photos: HASSAN ALI ELMI/AFP

A STRANGE sight appears on the streets of Mogadishu: a figure dressed all in black, including a cowboy hat, riding a horse through the beeping traffic of tuk-tuks and motorbikes.

Stranger still in conservative Somalia, the rider is a woman.