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7/5/24, 3:09 PM PRESSR: Dubai Road Naming Committee promotes community participation by launching ‘Roads Naming Suggestions platform’ — …
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.

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