Afifa Iskandar Estefan (Arabic: عفيفة إسكندر إصطيفان, 10 December 1921[1] in Mosul, Iraq - 21 October 2012) was an Iraqi singer throughout the middle of the 20th century.

She was considered one of the best female singers in Iraqi history.

[2] Afifa Iskandar was born in Mosul to an Armenian father and a Greek mother.

She lived in Baghdad, and started singing at the age of 5.

[4] In 1938, she traveled to Egypt to work with Badia Masabni, Taheyya Kariokka, and Mohamed Abdel Wahab.