Shams

Shams (Arabic: شمس), an Arabic word meaning sun or spark may refer to:

Media

• Shams (newspaper), a defunct Saudi newspaper
• Al-Shams (newspaper), a Libyan government newspaper until 2011
• Network for Public Policy Studies, an Iranian website

Places

• Ain Shams, a neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt
• Kafr Shams, a city in southern Syria
• Majdal Shams, a village in the Golan Heights
• Shams-e Bijar, a village in Gilan Province, Iran
• Shams Abu Dhabi, a real estate development on Al Reem Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• Shams Solar Power Station, a planned concentrating solar power station in the United Arab Emirates

Other uses

• Shams (deity), a solar deity in the ancient South Arabian religion
• Shams (name), a list of people with the name
• Shams al-Ma'arif, a 13th-century Arabic book
• Ain Shams University, a university located in Cairo, Egypt
• Ash-Shams, the 91st surah of the Quran
• Shams, a kind of decorative pillow
• The Shams, an all-female folk pop trio from New York
• Association Shams, a Tunisian organization for LGBT rights
• Jebel Shams, a mountain in Oman
• Thee Shams, an American garage rock band

See also

• Shamsi (disambiguation)
• Sham (disambiguation)
• Al-Shams (disambiguation)
• Shamss Ensemble, a music group performing Iranian and Sufi music
• Shamash, the solar deity in ancient Semitic religion
• Shamish, the Sun in Mandaeism