Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani of the ruling family of Qatar, the House of Thani. Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer bin Mohammed Al Thani (Arabic: حمد بن ثامر بن محمد آل ثاني) is the chairman of the board of the Al Jazeera Media Network, which is based in Qatar. He also served briefly as director general until the appointment of Dr. Mostefa Souag and has served as president of the board of administration. He is also the president of the Al-Gharafa Sports Club. Before starting Al Jazeera, he joined the ministry of information in 1987 and then served as undersecretary to
Country house poem tutor between November 1650 and the end of 1652. The poem centres on Lord Fairfax's daughter Maria. Thomas Carew also wrote two country house poems in the mould of "To Penshurst": "To Saxham" and "To My Friend G. N., from Wrest". Even closer to the Jonsonian model is a poem by the oldest of the so-called "Sons of Ben", Robert Herrick, "A Panegyric to Sir Lewis Pemberton". Country house poem A country house poem is a poem in which the author compliments a wealthy patron or a friend through a description of his country house. Such poems were popular in