Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani of success of larger nations, such as India. He also promotes the participation of Qatari women in sport, noting the increased investment in women's sport in the country and participation of its female athletes at the 2011 Pan Arab Games and 2012 London Olympics. In May 2015 he was replaced as Secretary general of the Qatar Olympic Committee by Thani Al-Kuwari. He is also a director of Amyris, a firm that specialises in renewable-based products. Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani Saoud bin Abdul Rahman Al-Thani (born 19 February 1970) is a Qatari sports administrator and member of the ruling family
Country house poem 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 early 17th century England. The genre may be regarded as a sub-set of the topographical poem. The model for the country house poem is Ben Jonson's "To Penshurst", published in 1616, which compliments Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, younger brother of Sir Philip Sidney on his Penshurst Place. (However, To Penshurst was preceded by five years by Emilia Lanyer’s A Description of Cookeham, one of the