Mishaal bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Mishaal bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Mishaal bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (born 2 July 1972) (Arabic: مشعل بن حمد بن خليفة الثاني ) is a member of the Royal House of Thani. Sheikh Mishaal is the first son and oldest child of the former Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, and his first wife, Sheikha Mariam bint Muhammad Al Thani. Sheikh Mishaal was named as the crown prince on 30 June 1995 after his father became the emir. Then he began to work at the ministry of foreign affairs, heading Qatari missions. He served
The House of the Scorpion The book is not as long as Farmer would have liked because of its young adult audience. As "The House of the Scorpion" drew on so much of her childhood, Farmer found it difficult to write the sequel. The sequel, entitled "The Lord of Opium", was subsequently published on September 3, 2013. The story begins a few hours after the final events of the first book. The story is set in the country of Opium, a narrow strip of land between Mexico (now called Aztlán), and the United States, which is ruled by Matteo Alacrán, or El Patrón, an incredibly