# Shams

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'''Shams''' ({{langx|ar|شمس |links=no}}), an Arabic word meaning ''sun'' or ''spark'' may refer to:
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==Media==
* "Shams", a 2019 song by Indian singer [Sanjeeta Bhattacharya](/source/Sanjeeta_Bhattacharya)
* [''Shams'' (newspaper)](/source/Shams_(newspaper)), a defunct Saudi newspaper
* [''Al-Shams'' (newspaper)](/source/Al-Shams_(newspaper)), a Libyan government newspaper until 2011
* [Network for Public Policy Studies](/source/Network_for_Public_Policy_Studies), an Iranian website

==Places==
* [Ain Shams](/source/Ain_Shams), a neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt
* [Kafr Shams](/source/Kafr_Shams), a city in southern Syria 
* [Majdal Shams](/source/Majdal_Shams), a village in the Golan Heights
* [Shams-e Bijar](/source/Shams-e_Bijar), a village in Gilan Province, Iran
* [Shams Abu Dhabi](/source/Shams_Abu_Dhabi), a real estate development on Al Reem Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
* [Shams Solar Power Station](/source/Shams_Solar_Power_Station), a planned concentrating solar power station in the United Arab Emirates
<!--Note that [Bilad al-Sham](/source/Bilad_al-Sham) is not related, since "Sham" is derived from a different [consonantal root](/source/Triliteral). However, this disambig page is for any use of the letters "shams", with further pointers for any variants, regardless of language of origin. since this is not a use of the word "shams", I put this in the disambig page for "sham"-->

==Other uses==
* [Shams (deity)](/source/Shams_(deity)), a solar deity in the ancient South Arabian religion
* [Shams (name)](/source/Shams_(name)), a list of people with the name
* ''[Shams al-Ma'arif](/source/Shams_al-Ma'arif)'', a 13th-century Arabic book
* [Ain Shams University](/source/Ain_Shams_University), a university located in Cairo, Egypt
* [Ash-Shams](/source/Ash-Shams), the 91st surah of the Quran
* Shams, a kind of [decorative pillow](/source/bedding)
* [The Shams](/source/The_Shams), an all-female folk pop trio from New York
* [Association Shams](/source/Association_Shams), a Tunisian organization for LGBT rights
* [Jebel Shams](/source/Jebel_Shams), a mountain in Oman
* [Thee Shams](/source/Thee_Shams), an American garage rock band

==See also==
* [Shamsi (disambiguation)](/source/Shamsi_(disambiguation))
* [Sham (disambiguation)](/source/Sham_(disambiguation))
* [Al-Shams (disambiguation)](/source/Al-Shams_(disambiguation))
* [Shamss Ensemble](/source/Shamss_Ensemble), a music group performing Iranian and Sufi music
* [Shamash](/source/Shamash), the solar deity in ancient Semitic religion
* [Shamish](/source/Shamish), the Sun in Mandaeism

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