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The musical poetry of Shimon Peres

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For today’s Global Hit, a head-of-state turned lyricist. Israeli President Shimon Peres celebrated his 86th birthday last week. He’s been in Israeli politics for more than half a century. Turns out, that whole time, he’s also been writing poems, inspired by historical events he’s witnessed first hand.

As Daniel Estrin reports, his poetry has now been put to music.

Here’s a video promo for the forthcoming album of Peres’ poetry set to music. The album will be called Ray of Hope: