Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. (Mohamed) Wahbi Al-Hariri-Rifai, OAL, (1914-1994) was an Arab-American artist, architect, and author.Wahbi Al-Hariri was born in 1914 in Aleppo, Syria. He also lived in France, Italy, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and the United States of America.Wahbi Al-Hariri''s documented family tree spans over fourteen centuries. Some of his ancestors include Muhammad al-Qasim ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Uthman al-Hariri known as Al-Hariri of Basra the 11th Century poet and philosopher, author of the Maqamat al-Hariri (The Assemblies of al-Hariri) named after him, Ali Al-Hariri-Rifai, the 13th Century theologian, Mustapha Al-Hariri-Rifai the 18th Century musician and theologian, and Abdelrahman Al-Hariri-Rifai the 19th century calligrapher and astronomer.