'She came back to the clinic dancing'

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Jalikatu Mustapha is one of just four eye doctors in the whole of Sierra Leone. Her work was recently recognised by Queen Elizabeth II. Jalikatu shared an online chat with the British monarch in which she described how simple operations are changing lives in her country. But Jalikatu’s life almost took a very different course. She was a child during the Sierra Leone civil war, her family nearly lost their lives in a gun battle in a hotel. Her father, a leading economist of the time, had been asked to become the Minister of Finance in the new military government. He didn’t want the job so instead the family were trying to escape. Jalikatu now works with the charity Sightsavers. Guo Pei is one of China's most celebrated fashion designers. Her creations are larger than life - elaborate, fantastical, the kind of thing a goddess might wear - human or cartoon. She's designed outfits for the moon goddess in the new film 'Over the Moon', and for the pop star Rihanna, who appeared at the Met Gala in 2015 in a flaming yellow dress, with a wide, embroidered train. Guo Pei spoke to Outlook's Saskia Edwards in 2019. Picture: Jalikatu Mustapha Credit: Moseray Koroma