Shimon Peres’ poetry set to music

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Israeli President Shimon Peres celebrated his 86th birthday last week. He’s been in Israeli politics for more than half a century. And it turns out that during that whole time, he’s also been writing poems, inspired by the historical events he’s witnessed first hand. That poetry has now been set to music. Daniel Estrin will have some samples later today. Photo by Itzik Biran. >>> Watch a video about Peres’ poetry set to music.

Entire program – August 24, 2009

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Today on The World: The Obama administration plans to develop a new elite team for interrogating terrorism suspects; also, Haitian ex-pats get advice from another diaspora: the American Jewish community; and, the songs of Israeli President Shimon Peres.

Global Hit: Shimon Peres

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Israeli President Shimon Peres celebrated his 86th birthday a week ago. He’s been in Israeli politics for more than half a century. Turns out, that whole time, he’s also been writing poems. And some of those poems have now been set to music. Daniel Estrin has today’s Global Hit.

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.

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