Farid's oldest brother,
AREF RAYESS
Born in Aley (Lebanon) in 1928, Aref Rayess started painting at the age of eleven.
Ever since, the influence the 2 brothers had on each other was immense. Aref had many artistic contributions in the engineering projects of Farid, and Farid's artworks had a unique support from his eldest brother Aref.
Aref Rayess, pastel on velvet paper
To my mother, Latifeh
Aref Rayess, pastel on velvet paper
Painted in the atelier of Farid
Aref Rayess, pastel on velvet paper
To Farid, my brother
Aref Rayess, pastel on velvet paper
Painted in the atelier of Farid
RIAD AL RAYES
Farid's older brother
Riad Al Rayes was born in Aley (Lebanon). He graduated from the National University, then from Oklahoma State University in the United States of America, a branch of political science, specializing in development and planning issues.
He was also heading the Planning and Development Group, which is headquartered in Beirut and includes a group of Arab specialists and experts in various branches related.
He worked as a political attaché at the Arab League mission in New York, and in the Ministry of Design in Lebanon with the IRFED mission at the Development Training Institute.
He also worked in a number of international organizations and held several key positions in the regional bodies of the United Nations, including:
- Deputy Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Head of the United Nations Social Center in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- The General Conference of Resident Representatives of the United Nations held in Delhi.
He held the position of rotating governor at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He was appointed as a first advisor for planning and development affairs to the Sultan of Oman and held positions branching from this position, from which he later resigned.
He worked at the American University of Beirut as Principal Investigator in the Middle East Program and worked as an Assistant Professor in the Science Branch at the University of Oklahoma.
But most notably, Riad developed a set of studies and research published in the United States and Europe or submitted to academic and scientific institutions, and some of these studies were published in Lebanon or submitted to responsible institutions there.
