Ash Shamaliyah
# Ash Shamaliyah

Ash Shamaliyah (from Arabic الشمالية, 'northern') or Shamal ('north'), or variants, may refer to:

## Places

* Northern state, Sudan, or Ash Shamaliyah
* Northern Governorate, Bahrain, or Ash Shamaliyah
   * Northern Region, Bahrain
* North Governorate, Lebanon, or Ash Shamal
* Al Shamal, a municipality in Qatar
   * Madinat ash Shamal
* Shamal District, Afghanistan
   * Shamal, Khost Province

## Arts and entertainment

* Shamal (album), by Gong, 1976
* Shamal, a music project by Enzo Rao
* Shamall, a music band
* Shamal, a character in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha

## People

* Marina Shamal (born 1939), a Russian swimmer
* Steve Shamal (born 1996), a French footballer
* Shamal Bhatt, an 18th-century Gujarati narrative poet
* Shamal George (born 1998), an English footballer

## Other uses

* Shamal (wind), a wind in the Middle East
* Maserati Shamal, a car
* USS Shamal, a ship
* Al Shamal Islamic Bank, Sudan
* Al-Shamal SC, a Qatari sports club
* Al-Shamali AC, a Sudanese football club
