Towards the end of her life, al-Malaika suffered from a number of health issues, including Parkinson's disease.
[1] One of her poems, Medinat al Hub, inspired the Iraqi artist and scholar, Issam al-Said to produce an artwork with the same name.
[7] One of her poems, New Year, inspired the Lebanese Palestinian artist Jassem el Hindi to produce his performance Laundry of Legends.
[8] Emily Drumsta translated a selection of Al-Malaika's poems into English, collected in a book titled Revolt Against The Sun.
[9] Some of Al-Malaika's poems were translated into Nepali by Suman Pokhrel, and collected along with the works of other poets in an anthology titled Manpareka Kehi Kavita.