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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.

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