Masjid al Badawi in Chhim takes its name from the Badawi tradition and serves as one of the town’s mosques, distinct from the souk mosque and the citadel mosque. Chhim is a hillside town above the Chouf coast with a Roman temple, a castle site and a sizeable Muslim community, so the mosques are neighbourhood landmarks rather than a single Friday monument. Dress modestly, and if you are sightseeing do not enter at prayer time. The stop helps map the living town around the archaeological site. Use the full name so you do not confuse it with Sidon’s famous Abu al Hasan Ali al Badawi shrine or with other Badawi mosques.
