Raquel Carvalho
araquelcarvalho.bsky.social
Raquel Carvalho
@araquelcarvalho.bsky.social
Journalist. Stories mostly on social justice, migration, human trafficking, labour rights, security, and conflict.
📍Hong Kong. Covering Asia (+LatAm).
📧[email protected]
Wrapping up the year with some good news: the story I wrote for TIME on Indonesian women who joined ISIS has just been shortlisted for the 2025 Fetisov Journalism Awards in the Outstanding Contribution for Peace category
#FetisovJournalismAwards

time.com/7212387/life...
time.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
As thousands of women and children languish in camps in Syria, I spoke with Mawar, whose life was once upended by ISIS, about the challenges of returning to her home country and what it means to be granted a second chance.

time.com/7212387/life...
She Regrets Her Past With ISIS. Now She’s Reclaiming Her Future
An Indonesian woman who felt duped into joining the Islamic State’s ”caliphate“ in Syria tells TIME of the challenges of returning home—and what it means to be granted a second chance.
time.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM