Jamili Matouk: "They Hadn't Forgotten" Jamili
Jamili Matouk or Jameeleh Matouk or Jamileh Matouk (Musician, Dancer, Singer) Jamili Matouk Deep, 1956 Next to Sana Kadaj , Jamileh Matouk or Jamili Matouk or Jameeleh Matouk (1911-1997) became one of Alamphon Records’ top-selling female vocalists in the late 1940s. Born in Tripoli, Lebanon 25 February 1911, we know very little about Matouk’s parents who seemed to have followed those members of the mahjar who immigrated to Brazil and Argentina. Matouk’s brothers Thomas, Anis, and Charles immigrated to the United States in 1912, 1920, and 1923 respectively. Her sister, Najla, went to Canada. Anis married and settled down with his wife and worked as a tailor in Brooklyn. Thomas settled in Brooklyn, but divorced his wife, and Charles remained single for the time, but later married and moved to Florida. Jamileh arrived in the United States 24 November 1930 from Santos, Brazil after a stop in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on what appears to have been a to...