In 2005, the Ramallah Municipality decided to produce the first street map of the city, a process which implied numbering and renaming a large number of its streets.
The project was achieved in 2010 – yet the city’s residents still refer to the streets by their old names.
In August 2011, Palestinian artist Shuruq Harb released the following video (All the names/كل الاسامي) :
Shuruq Harb is based in Ramallah where she co-founded Art territories, a platform for artists to exchange critical views about art in the Middle-East and the Arab world.
Find out more about her work here.
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