Interview with Arizona Jewish News: February 2015
“I always used to have these arguments with my family [about anti-Semitism], I mean, ‘Come on! … Of course, France is a tolerant country!’ ” But, after a trip last October, she says, “I came back very despondent. France had very deeply changed.” [Click here to read more.]
Interview with San Diego Jewish World: November 2014
“I began to read about Egypt’s history and became intensely curious about my own Egyptian Jewish roots. I wanted to understand them in their social, cultural and political context.” [Click here to read more.]
Interview with the Examiner: October 2014
“I was in search of my identity. I never expected to be so fascinated…the journey led to me finally accepting myself as culturally Arabic.” [Click here to read more.]
Interview with Beverly Hills Courier: September 2014
“It’s important to understand what’s happening now in a historical context,” says Maio. “ISIS is a chapter in a century-old conflict.” [Click here to read more.]
Interview with LA Jewish Journal: September 2014
“I felt like I needed to know my material better than anyone else to play with it and make it as real as possible.” [Click here to read more.]
Interview with Career 2.0: September 2014
Juliana Maio: From Hollywood Contracts to Espionage on the Nile [Click here to read more.]
Interview with Freda’s Voice: August 2014
Juliana’s advice to writers: “You must be passionate about writing, or do something else.” [Click here to read more.]
Interview with the Historical Novel Society: June 2014
Juliana Maio had a passion to tell a story. “I wanted,” she told me, “to write an entertaining and informative novel about a special time and place.” Maio was determined that people should know “that there was once a beautiful and colourful Jewish community in Egypt.” That is, before it was expelled in the 1950s as a result of the festering Arab-Israeli conflict. [Click here to read more.]
Interview with the DESERT SUN: Summer 2014:
“I’ve always wanted to be a writer,” first-time novelist and part-time Palm Springs resident Juliana Maio says. “I had it in me to write, but I never thought I could really write a book.”[Click here to read more.]
