Airport Latrines

This is a photo essay based on airports mentioned in Rakhshan Rizwan’s poem Airport Latrines which will be featured in the print edition of Papercuts Volume 13. Rizwan touches on many aspects of “The Metropolis” in her poem: the hierarchy within society, the impersonal nature of cities, the contrast between the faceless traveler and the disenchanted native, but most importantly she paints the flavors of cities in broad strokes, transforming each airport into a unique metropolis.

 

Dubai International Airport (DXB)

 

“[the waiting]” by Riccardo Romano is licensed / CC BY

 

 
 

“DXB” by Pejman Parvandi is licensed / CC BY

 

 
 

Frankfurt Airport (FRA)

 

“Intenational Airport Frankfurt” by glasseyes view is licensed / CC BY

 

 
 

“Frankfurt” by Dmitri K. is licensed / CC BY

 

 
 

Allama Iqbal International Airport (LHE)

 

“Lahore airport departure hall” by Faheem Hussain is licensed / CC BY

 

 
 
 

About the Author:   Mandeep Chahal spent the first few years of her life on a farm in rural Punjab, India. At age six she was transplanted halfway around the world to the ​B​ay ​A​rea, and has been there ever since. She recently graduated from the University of California, Davis and now works as a researcher at Stanford University. In her free time she can be found watching Downton Abbey, reading Charles Bukowski, and oversharing on social media. She is the Social Media Lead at DWL.