She was the subject of an artwork portrait made entirely out of lipsticks, "The Icon", created by artist Amer Shomali using 14 colors, and 3500 lipsticks.

The song Like Leila Khaled Said from The Teardrop Explodes' 1981 album Wilder is a love song to Khaled.
Songwriter Julian Cope said it was a love song to her "cos I thought she was so beautiful.
But I know that the whole thing was like bad news."

The second CD of Julian Cope's 2012 album Psychedelic Revolution is named "Phase of Leila Khaled".
The first CD is named "'Phase of Che Guevara".
The album's lyrics contain several references to political demonstrations, terrorism and suicide bombers.
The accompanying booklet also contains a photo of Leila Khaled.

As of 2018, she is commemorated in a mural at the International Wall on the Falls Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The mural is based upon the photograph of her by Eddie Adams, holding an AK-47 and with the Palastine flag behind her.
 Her image along with an image of Irish Republican, Oglach Charlie Hughes says "Our Struggle continues".

The name of Sandton Drive in Johannesburg, South Africa was controversially changed to Leila Khaled Drive by vote of the city council on the 29 November 2018.
 The American consulate in Johannesburg is located on the street.

The 10th song of the album Friværdi, released on 26 September 2005 by the Danish rock band Magtens Korridorer, is entitled "Leila Khaled".

Writer Chris Boucher has said that he named the character of savage warrior Leela from Doctor Who after Khaled.

Khaled is mentioned by Fun-da-mental in "Mother India", on the Love India CD (2010) widely distributed in the United States by Starbucks.

The album Olive no Ki no Shita de, released in 2007 by the Japanese rock singer Panta, features a song entitled "Leila's Ballade".
This song's lyrics were written by former Japanese Red Army member Fusako Shigenobu and her daughter Mei Shigenobu.
In 2012, Khaled was invited to a ceremony for the 40th anniversary of the Lod Airport massacre by a Japanese far-left group in Kyoto, at which Panta performed the song in front of Khaled.
She was the subject of an artwork portrait made entirely out of lipsticks, "The Icon", created by artist Amer Shomali using 14 colors, and 3500 lipsticks.
The song Like Leila Khaled Said from The Teardrop Explodes' 1981 album Wilder is a love song to Khaled. Songwriter Julian Cope said it was a love song to her "cos I thought she was so beautiful. But I know that the whole thing was like bad news."
The second CD of Julian Cope's 2012 album Psychedelic Revolution is named "Phase of Leila Khaled". The first CD is named "'Phase of Che Guevara". The album's lyrics contain several references to political demonstrations, terrorism and suicide bombers. The accompanying booklet also contains a photo of Leila Khaled.
As of 2018, she is commemorated in a mural at the International Wall on the Falls Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland. The mural is based upon the photograph of her by Eddie Adams, holding an AK-47 and with the Palastine flag behind her.  Her image along with an image of Irish Republican, Oglach Charlie Hughes says "Our Struggle continues".
The name of Sandton Drive in Johannesburg, South Africa was controversially changed to Leila Khaled Drive by vote of the city council on the 29 November 2018.  The American consulate in Johannesburg is located on the street. 
The 10th song of the album Friværdi, released on 26 September 2005 by the Danish rock band Magtens Korridorer, is entitled "Leila Khaled".
Writer Chris Boucher has said that he named the character of savage warrior Leela from Doctor Who after Khaled.
Khaled is mentioned by Fun-da-mental in "Mother India", on the Love India CD (2010) widely distributed in the United States by Starbucks.
The album Olive no Ki no Shita de, released in 2007 by the Japanese rock singer Panta, features a song entitled "Leila's Ballade". This song's lyrics were written by former Japanese Red Army member Fusako Shigenobu and her daughter Mei Shigenobu. In 2012, Khaled was invited to a ceremony for the 40th anniversary of the Lod Airport massacre by a Japanese far-left group in Kyoto, at which Panta performed the song in front of Khaled.
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