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)
Tahmina Inoyatova is a Ph.D. candidate at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. Her research interests include the intersection of media, urba... n space, culture, identity, and power focusing on her home country Tajikistan and Central Asian region.
As historic buildings are demolished, some residents of Dushanbe mourn lost memories while others embrace change.