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7/5/24, 3:00 PM Dubai Road Naming Committee promotes community participation by launching ‘Roads Naming Suggestions platform’

• “The platform serves as a digital system that enables the public to participate in proposing names for
roads and streets across Dubai that reflect our national identity and tell stories of our past.”

Dubai, UAE: Dubai Road Naming Committee, the entity that designates names for roads and streets in
Dubai, launched the platform Street Designation Proposal under the supervision of Dubai Municipality.

The platform aims to enable public participation in proposing names for roads and streets across Dubai.
This is in line with the Committee’s objectives of preserving the legacy of the past, promoting civilization,
staying updated with the Emirate’s future development, and highlighting its achievements of high value.

H.E. Dawoud Al Hajri, Director General of Dubai Municipality, Chairman of the Dubai Road
Naming Committee, stated that the platform is part of the efforts and plans of the Integrated Committee

to promote community participation in submitting proposals for naming roads and streets across various
areas of the Emirate. This is in accordance with approved classifications that aim to revive heritage

names, highlight national identity and social and cultural characteristics that reflect the emirate’s history,
heritage, values, social and cultural wealth, and consistency with future development and orientation.

Al Hajri said: “The new platform serves as a digital system, allowing the public to suggest names for
streets and roads across Dubai, keeping in mind a comprehensive method and specific criteria that
reflects our identity and interrelationship between past, present and future of Dubai. It aims to revive
valuable historical meanings, heritage, and urban monuments, in line with Dubai’s leading global
position and reputation, further consolidating diverse areas of the Emirate in the minds of present and

future generations.”

Road Naming Classifications

Furthermore, the committee has devised a method for proposing names based on specific
classifications that will inspire the names for each area. These classifications include names linked to

Arabic and Islamic design and architecture, along with names associated to art, culture and Arabic
poetic prosody.

It will also encompass names of natural phenomena, local plants, trees, flowers, marine, and wild plants,
along with the names of wild and marine birds. Additionally, it will also cover names related to
environmental sustainability, ships, marine tools, fishing, winds, and rain.

On the other hand, the classifications will further include names of squares, forts, ancient castles,
archaeological sites, local and ancient jewelry, and horse and Arabian camel names and descriptions. It
will also include names of types of palms and date palms, names of farming and agriculture professions,
as well as those inspired by industrial and artisanal professions and their tools, names of gemstones,
and names related to inventions and modern technology.

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