Random mentions

As a cultural icon in both the Arab and Western worlds, mentions of Leila Khaled pop up all over the place, in all sorts of guises. This is a somewhat random selection of these…

April 2012: article on Speaker’s Corner at the American University of Beirut. From the Daily Star, Lebanon.

One of various pieces of coverage of Amer Shomali’s portrait of Khaled, made up of 3,500 tubes of lipstick and on show at Bir Zeit University. Addicted to Beauty.

February 2012: critique of the growing fashion for wearing the kuffiyeh, from India’s The Pioneer.

January 2012: the history of Dr Who’s companions, including the one named after Leila Khaled… US Huffington Post.

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