What Empires Leave Behind
Some empires vanish from maps before they vanish from streets, recipes, songs, and paperwork.
Aisha Rahman
Lahore
Editor focused on cities, archives, oral history, and public memory.
Aisha Rahman edits OTD dispatches on old cities, contested memory, and the ordinary records that keep public life legible.
Essays & Writing (3)
The Map That Outlived the King
The line was supposed to solve a dispute. Instead, it became a habit.
The Archive Under the Market
The most ordinary papers sometimes preserve the most intimate map of a city.