A hammam, or Turkish bath, is a type of steam bath or place of public bathing associated with the Islamic world. Hamam (Arabic: ; also transliterated as Hmam, Hāmam and Hammam, with different meanings) may refer to: People Adem Hmam (born 1995), Tunisian table tennis player Sam Hammam (born 1948), Lebanese businessman and football club owner Wissem Hmam (born 1981), Tunisian basketball Abood Hamam (born 1975), Syrian photographer Places Hamaam, Israel Hamam, Kumlu, Hatay Province, Turkey Hamamköy, or Hamam, Mersin Province, Turkey Hammam, East Azerbaijan, Iran Hammam, Khuzestan, Iran Yekeh Chah, or Hammam, Markazi Province, Iran Other uses Hamam (soap), a brand of soap in India Hamam (film), a 1997 Italian-Turkish-Spanish film See also Arabic-language surnames