H I L M A is extremely happy to have Raida Mourad Al Solh, a very talented theoretical Lebanese artist featured on here! Her work borders on the use of unusual mediums to achieve her concepts making her artistic style very unique.

Her art style ranges from metamorphism art to, acrylic on canvas where she seems to have a penchant for painting supreme beings spawn from personal spiritual experiences she has had in the past, some of which, in their intensity, is clearly portrayed sometimes in her work and art style. 

We are proud to feature her on here as a teaser on the H I L M A website. Please visit her website to see more of her amazing art style and read more about this remarkable Lebanese woman. www.raidamouradartist.com

 P O R T F O L I O  W E B S I T E  - This innovative website showcases starter pictures taken by Tobore Otite Onokpite, a Jamaican by descent originally born in Nigeria, in Benin City Edo state,  an entrepreneur,  grounded in digital media, resident in the capital city, Abuja in Nigeria. He is not a professional photographer but has a flair for photography. 

His portfolio website, www.toberryhcoupeinstaphotos.org was built as a visual portfolio to document some of the pictures he has taken in different parts of the capital city, Abuja and Kaduna for leisure and on work assignments using his mobile phone, not professional equipment. He is passionate about capturing the things he sees emphasizing beauty as he sees it. The pictures he takes are not photoshoped, he has a tendency to use Instagram filters instead, as he uploads pictures he takes to his personal Instagram account @Toberry_Hcoupe, which boasts pictures taken by him to the tune of over 15,500 pictures all mobile phone snapshots and some video footage made digitally by him on same said mobile phone. He wants to have exhibitions around the world and also make movies, some sort of documentary showcasing his creativity and how he sees life. He is very business oriented with the acumen to boot and also someday would like to have a line of renegade t-shirts amongst other things and hopes to expand this line digitally where he can take pictures and decide what picture he can wear on a t- shirt on whatever day it is, something he hopes the world will catch on to, amazingly grafted images on t-shirts making them the in thing to buy and wear. Currently he is toying with the idea of infusing AI (Artificial Intelligence) systems at different levels, to be used in digital space for various platforms, all algorithm based using, text to speech, voice recognition, sensor activated holographic imaging all inculcated in a prototype that will be marketable with the sole aim of enhancing that digital personal experience, also efficiency and productivity on any given digital platform making up its digital space and progressing said digital experience on the continent of Africa.

He is the creative mind behind H I L M A and we are glad to have this snippet preview of his digital portfolio featured on the H I L M A website.

A R T E M I S  A  V E R R E A U X 'S  E A G L E  O W L  - This Verreaux's Eagle Owl is owned by Tobore Otite Onokpite. He is custodian to this exquisite creature he has slowly nursed back to good health. The story is, he stumbled upon her during one of his evening walks, which he takes quite regularly and when he saw her, she was in really bad shape, shivering from the cold, a broken wing and looked like she had not eaten for days. Apparently the person that "captured" (for lack of a better word to use) broke one of her wings, so she would not fly away...barbaric her soon to be saviour thought, so he took custody of this exquisite Verreaux's Eagle Owl, ensured she was taken to a vet to be cleaned up and wing fixed properly so it would heal as it should. He also admits he was not sure he was going to take on the responsibility of caring for her but when he weighed the odds he realised she was in really bad shape and would need singular regular care amongst other things, and would need to be well fed and antibiotics administered to aid the healing process of her broken wing...he knew there was no animal conservation place in Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria, that renders help for this sort of unique specie of bird and puting her in the zoo here would lead to her demise, because they would not have the funding to take on that responsibility, most importantly her feeding, so with all this in mind he made a judgement call and took on the responsibility himself. Also a major influencing  factor in making this decision was a chat with the owner of the vet clinic, Blueblood Veterinary Ltd, also rapport with one of his staff, that swayed him to remove all doubt in his mind and just take responsibility for her.

Artemis, named after the Greek goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, the moon, and chastity, has flourished and is in way better shape, much to the pleasure of her custodian Tobore Otite Onokpite, who is a Jamaican national resident in the capital city Abuja. These pictures of her were taken by him and are pretty remarkable and a joy to have here on H I L M A.  The Verreaux's Eagle Owl is really an exquisite creature and to see one up close and personal like this, really is a treat, especially as it is the largest African Owl in sub-Saharan Africa.

Tobore said he tried to get in touch with the WWF (World Wide Fund For Nature) and the AWF(African Wildlife Foundation) but to no avail, this is another reason he took on the responsibility of caring for this exquisite Verreaux's Eagle Owl. We wish Artemis a speedy recovery and we are glad to have been able to have this story featured on the H I L M A website.