As historic buildings are demolished, some residents of Dushanbe mourn lost memories while others embrace change.
![Dushanbe's residents have become accustomed to the ubiqutous construction site fencing covered in images of the imagined future of their city [Tahmina Inoyatova/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/DSCF6222.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Sher Khashimov is a Tajikistan-born freelance journalist and researcher based in Washington DC, USA. In his work, he examines social and cultural issu... es and issues of identity in post-Soviet Central Asia.
As historic buildings are demolished, some residents of Dushanbe mourn lost memories while others embrace change.