Hammam al-Jadeed, an 18th-century bathhouse situated in the heart of Sidon’s old souk, has reopened after almost 70 years for an art exhibition. Built in 1720 and shut in the 1940s – when the hammam fell out of use because local houses received municipal water – the 10-room hammam sat derelict until 2018. Sharqy Foundation founder Said Bacho acquired the building hoping to renovate it into something usable one day ...