Grave Dwellers is a term for a particular form of
homelessness
Homelessness or houselessness – also known as a state of being unhoused or unsheltered – is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and adequate housing. People can be categorized as homeless if they are:
* living on the streets, also kn ...
in Iran, where homeless people avoid cold weather by sleeping in unused
grave
A grave is a location where a dead body (typically that of a human, although sometimes that of an animal) is buried or interred after a funeral. Graves are usually located in special areas set aside for the purpose of burial, such as grave ...
s rather than cardboard boxes in public areas. The phenomenon was first noted in 2016 in a report by the ''Shahrvand'' newspaper, which mentioned about 50 grave dwellers in the cemetery of Nasirabad Shahriar, Tehran, and caused many reactions in social networks and among social celebrities.
Some sources claim that, after the report's publication, the homeless people were violently cleared from the cemetery.
In a letter to
President Rouhani
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Oscar
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People
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-winning Iranian director
Asghar Farhadi
Asghar Farhadi ( fa, اصغر فرهادی, ; born 7 May 1972)[Soureh Movie Database](_blank) expressed "shame" and "regret" about the condition of the "men, women, and children who spend their cold nights in a graveyard."
''Shahrvand'' newspaper report
In December 2016, the ''Shahrvand'' newspaper reported that homeless people were sleeping in open graves. 50 sleepers, who had formerly slept in cardboard boxes, were found around and inside Nasirabad's largest cemetery in Baghestan, on the outskirts of Shahriyar, occupying at least 20 graves. According to the report, some graves were occupied by up to four people.
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