Looking for the Liberian sister I left behind

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Helene Cooper grew up in Liberia, fled during a bloody military coup and arrived in the US as a child refugee. Her background inspired her to become a journalist but there was one question that still needed to be answered: what had happened to the adopted sister she’d left behind? This interview was first broadcast in May 2019. Paula and Bridgette Powers are identical twins from eastern Australia who have spent almost every day of their lives together - they even choose to speak at the same time. They also share a passion for seabirds, and have set up the Twinnies Pelican and Seabird Rescue refuge off the Sunshine Coast. They went into a studio in Perth to tell Jo Fidgen about themselves in August 2016. Mehrunnisa and Tarannum Shokat Ali are Muslim sisters who work as nightclub bouncers in New Delhi. They have become famous for bringing order and protection to the clubbers of the city. Outlook reporter Sumiran Preet Kaur went to meet them at their home in September 2017. (Photo: Eunice (in striped dress) and Helene Cooper (with sunglasses). Credit: Helene Cooper) Get in touch: [email protected]