Abdulkarim al-Thani Abdulkarim al-Thani Abdulkarim al-Thani is a member of the Qatari royal family and an alleged terrorist facilitator. Little information is known about Abdulkarim al-Thani. He is believed to be pious member of the royal family of Qatar and holds no government position. According to the New York Times, al-Thani has given donations to militant causes in the past, but has denied knowing that his money went towards terrorist operations. In 2003, the New York Times reported that a member of Qatar’s royal family operated the Qatar safe house that al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi stayed in when traveling in and
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