The narrative cannot be conveyed Muhammad Gulzari, the secretary of the government information council, wrote in a note: The 40-day war, along with all its political, military, social and administrative lessons, posed a fundamental question to the country's media system: who and how should this war be told? During and after the war, a lot of news, photos, statistics, reports and media content were produced; But having a large amount of information does not necessarily mean that there is a "narrative". The news tells what happened; The narrative establishes a connection between the events, gives them meaning and explains who the activists were, what damage was caused, how stability was maintained in certain parts and how society should keep this experience in its memory. From this point of view, our subject is not just war news; We are also facing a narrative crisis. Heroism is incomplete without a narrative of suffering. However, in emphasizing heroes there is also a risk: removing the part from the painful experience of the society to create a hopeful image. The 40 Day War was not just a story of resistance. The war was a story of anxiety, destruction, grief, injury, loss of home and loved ones, and children who suddenly found themselves in the context of war. The Shajra Taiba Minab school is perhaps one of the clearest examples of the "narrative of suffering" in this war. If we speak only of suffering, society is reduced to a collection of victims of inaction; And if we only talk about heroism, the narrative is far from the real experience of people's lives and closer to propaganda. The strength of a community happens to be revealed in this coexistence: a community that suffered, mourned and paid, but managed to maintain its life, service and solidarity. Perhaps the connecting point of all these discussions is here. Just as the hero cannot be communicated, the faith cannot be communicated either. You can issue a circular, design a campaign, produce content and allocate a media budget; But none alone guarantees that the narrative will be accepted in the mind of society.

The narrative cannot be conveyed Muhammad Gulzari, the secretary of the government information council, wrote in a note: The 40-day war, along with all its political, military, social and administrative lessons, posed a fundamental question to the country's media system: who and how should this war be told? During and after the war, a lot of news, photos, statistics, reports and media content were produced; But having a large amount of information does not necessarily mean that there is a "narrative". The news tells what happened; The narrative establishes a connection between the events, gives them meaning and explains who the activists were, what damage was caused, how stability was maintained in certain parts and how society should keep this experience in its memory. From this point of view, our subject is not just war news; We are also facing a narrative crisis. Heroism is incomplete without a narrative of suffering. However, in emphasizing heroes there is also a risk: removing the part from the painful experience of the society to create a hopeful image. The 40 Day War was not just a story of resistance. The war was a story of anxiety, destruction, grief, injury, loss of home and loved ones, and children who suddenly found themselves in the context of war. The Shajra Taiba Minab school is perhaps one of the clearest examples of the "narrative of suffering" in this war. If we speak only of suffering, society is reduced to a collection of victims of inaction; And if we only talk about heroism, the narrative is far from the real experience of people's lives and closer to propaganda. The strength of a community happens to be revealed in this coexistence: a community that suffered, mourned and paid, but managed to maintain its life, service and solidarity. Perhaps the connecting point of all these discussions is here. Just as the hero cannot be communicated, the faith cannot be communicated either. You can issue a circular, design a campaign, produce content and allocate a media budget; But none alone guarantees that the narrative will be accepted in the mind of society.