{"id":2821,"date":"2025-06-16T09:03:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/?post_type=cu_story&#038;p=2821"},"modified":"2025-06-16T09:03:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:03:23","slug":"dana-thabet-bachelor-of-arts-law","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/story\/dana-thabet-bachelor-of-arts-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana Thabet: Bachelor of Arts, Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n        \n        \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-cu-black-50 pt-10 pb-12\" style=\"\">\n\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-cu-black-800 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Dana Thabet: Bachelor of Arts, Law\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Dana-Thabet-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Law student, Dana Thabet\" class=\"wp-image-2824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Dana-Thabet-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Dana-Thabet-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Dana-Thabet-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Dana-Thabet-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Dana-Thabet-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Dana-Thabet-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Dana-Thabet-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Dana-Thabet-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Growing up in Syria, Dana Thabet was accustomed to the sound of gunfire, the sight of drones flying overhead, and the absence of her father, who had to leave the country to earn a living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just a decade or so later, she finds herself graduating from a Canadian university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so grateful for my experience here, especially the people,\u201d says Thabet. \u201cThe community and the professors were so supportive and I met my best friends here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before attending university, Thabet considered becoming an actor. But she soon realized it wouldn\u2019t provide the stability she wanted for her family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy parents sacrificed everything for us. My father was a doctor and my mother was a teacher. They gave that up to come here,\u201d says Thabet, whose brother also attended Carleton. \u201cIt breaks my heart, seeing their whole life gone. So, it\u2019s our turn.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While at Carleton, Thabet appreciated the exposure she received to different types of law, which enabled her to discover her passion: wrongful convictions.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI took two classes in wrongful conviction and learned how frequent it can be, as well as devastating and life-changing,\u201d says Thabet. \u201cIt made me realize what\u2019s wrong with the criminal law system.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Next year, Thabet plans to delve more into the effect wrongful convictions have on women and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy plan after Carleton is to stay at Carleton to pursue my master\u2019s degree and perhaps my PhD some day. I would love to teach here.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing up in Syria, Dana Thabet was accustomed to the sound of gunfire, the sight of drones flying overhead, and the absence of her father, who had to leave the country to earn a living. 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