The proposal was made by  Councilman Tareq Fadaq, who is also a member of the Shoura Council.

Relatives of the deceased blamed the municipality for the death because the young girl had fallen into an area where drainage pipes are situated close to a beach people frequent, even though she was last seen in an area where entering the water is prohibited.

The outflow of the pipes are believed to have swept her body away from where she was last seen calling for help. It took 12 days to find her body. The council member said the council had earlier approved a proposal to search for an appropriate street or square to name after the late Culture and Information Minister Muhammad Abdul Yamani.

“Streets and squares in any city should be named after personalities related to that city,” Fadaq told Arab News. “It is because they served the city and their names should not be allowed to fade into oblivion.”

There is a special committee to name or rename streets and squares in Jeddah. The street names are selected generally from the names of the Companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him), ancient Islamic personalities, eminent scholars, writers and personalities of international or domestic level.

Proposal for a new name or renaming has to be approved by the city mayor before submitting it for the approval of the Minister of the Municipal and Rural Affairs.

Abdul Ilah Banaja heads the present 12-member Street Naming Committee in Jeddah. Its members are drawn from historians, writers and experts in other fields.

King Abdulaziz University also helps in finding appropriate names.