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.
![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)