In Popular Culture
- "American Jihad" is an episode of Law & Order based on Lindh's story. The main character was a young man from a middle-class background who converted to militant Islam allegedly due to his fear of women.
- In a National Geographic documentary, Taliban Uprising, the only video of Lindh speaking since his capture is shown.
- Hugo Race and the True Spirit recorded a song about Lindh entitled "Walker" on the Taoist Priests album, (2006 Glitterhouse)
- In August 2004, John Walker: The Musical, book, music, and lyrics by Jean Strong and John McCloskey, was performed as part of the New York International Fringe Festival.
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“Popular culture entered my life as Shirley Temple, who was exactly my age and wrote a letter in the newspapers telling how her mother fixed spinach for her, with lots of butter.... I was impressed by Shirley Temple as a little girl my age who had power: she could write a piece for the newspapers and have it printed in her own handwriting.”
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