Al-Shams
# Al-Shams

Al-Shams is the Arabic word for "the sun" (الشمس) and may refer to:

* Ash-Shams, the 91st Sura of the Quran
* Shamash, the Semitic Sun god
* Ain Shams University, a university located in Cairo, Egypt
* Majdal Shams, a Druze town in the Golan Heights (Migdal Shemesh in Hebrew)
* Al-Shams (newspaper), a Libyan newspaper in Arabic
* Al-Shams (East Pakistan), a paramilitary wing of several parties in East Pakistan abolished in 1971
* Shams Abu Dhabi, a real estate development on Al Reem Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
