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Shams ( ar, شمس , links=no), an Arabic word meaning ''sun'', may refer to: Media * Shams (newspaper), ''Shams'' (newspaper), a defunct Saudi newspaper * Al-Shams (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 bedding, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shams (newspaper)
''Shams'' (Arabic language, Arabic: شمس; ''Sun'') was a Saudi Arabian daily newspaper published between 2005 and 2012. Its publisher described the paper as modern and trendy. History and profile ''Shams'' was launched as a Tabloid journalism, tabloid paper in December 2005. Turki bin Khalid bin Faisal, a grandson of Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, was the chairman of the board of directors of Shams Information Company for Publishing and Development. It was also reported that he partly owned the paper. Al Wataniya group was also the founder of the daily. There is inconsistent information about the daily print of ''Shams''. The media group publishing the paper gave the number of daily print as 120,000. Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), on the other hand, in its 2006 report described ''Shams'' as a modest paper with the daily circulation of 40,000 copies. The Group Plus stated the daily circulation as over 70,000 copies. ''Shams'' was staffed mainly by Saudi journalists. and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |