How Turkey's centuries-old hammam culture helped one writer find community and a renewed sense of body confidence.

Sharing a bathroom with other people for the first time comes with learning a few unwritten rules along the way. Students who ...

Steeped in history and ritual, Istanbul’s hamams offer communal bathing, kese scrubs, and foam massages — blending architecture, tradition, and relaxation into a uniquely Turkish cultural experience.

Pall Mall clubrooms buzzed last week with the story that a woman, with the full consent of the Labor Government, had taken a bath in the House of Commons. Buzzing was louder when it was learned that a ...

Residential life at Wellesley this term has been characterized by multiple nasty finds — notably, used menstrual products and ...

A Tokyo bathhouse is offering classes on topics ranging from comedy to gaming in hopes of luring younger bathers and reversing Japan’s dying tradition of communal baths. During one recent session of ...

This article analyses women's participation in life-cycle, religious, and propitiatory rituals in Uzbekistan against the background of the 'politicization' of custom under the Soviet regime and ...