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Afifa Eskandar
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Iraqi singer
Film & TV
Mosul, Iraq
Afifa Iskandar Estefan was an Iraqi singer throughout the middle of the 20th century. She was born on 10 December 1921 in Mosul, Iraq. She was considered one of the best female singers in Iraqi history. She was nicknamed the "Iraqi Blackbird"
Known for
- Layla in Iraq1949
- Cairo-Baghdad1947
- Happy Day — Laila Al-Ameriah1940
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Iraq
- Place of birth
- Mosul
- Place of death
- Baghdad
- Occupation
- writer
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Afifa-Iskandar.jpg
- Significant event
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- date of death
- 2012-10-21
- date of birth
- 1921-12-10
- Commons category
- Affifa Iskandar
- start of work period
- 1935-00-00
- birth name
- عفيفه إسكندر إصطفيان
- name in native language
- سيلفا شاهاكيان
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