World / Feature / February 22, 2024

A Granddaughter of Genocide Survivors Dreams of Never Again


A walk though Gaza with Raphael Lemkin, the father of the UN convention on genocide.

Dana Mashoian Walrath

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Dana Mashoian Walrath

Dana Walrath is a writer, artist, and anthropologist. Her award-winning works include Aliceheimer’s, a graphic memoir about her mother’s dementia journey, Like Water on Stone, a verse novel about the Armenian genocide, and The Book of Genocides, an interactive art installation that uses artists books to counter dehumanization and genocide.

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