BEIRUT: The Beirut Municipal Council has approved the naming of several streets in the city of Beirut after notable Lebanese figures. Street number 77 in the greater Beirut area of Sioufi will be renamed after the poet and writer Said Akl, the council said in a statement issued Friday.

The council also approved naming Street 83 in Ras al-Nabaa after Abdel-Ghani Mikati, a doctor, and a section of Street 54 in the neighborhood of Sanayeh and Street 73 after Beirut notables Anis Tabbara and Mohammad Mousali, respectively. [Link]