Ayman Mohyeldin Biography
Ayman Mohyeldin is an American journalist who works for NBC News and MSNBC in New York. On weekday afternoons on MSNBC, he hosts Ayman Mohyeldin Reports (formerly MSNBC Live with Ayman Mohyeldin). He has worked with CNN and Al Jazeera in the past.
How old is Ayman Mohyeldin? – Age
He was born on April 18, 1979, In Cairo, Egypt. He is 42 years as of 2021.
Where did Ayman Mohyeldin go to school? – Education
Mohyeldin attended North Cobb High School in Kennesaw, Georgia. Mohyeldin completed his undergraduate studies at American University in Washington, D.C., where he earned a BA in International Relations with an emphasis on the European Union. He holds an MA in International Politics with a concentration in Peace and Conflict Resolution. His graduation thesis, “The News Media Paradigm in the War on Terror,” was approved in 2002 by the International Association of Media Researchers Conference in Barcelona, Spain. He worked as a CNN international news producer in Iraq from 2003 to 2005.
Ayman Mohyeldin – Family
Medhat Mohyeldin, an Egyptian father, and Abla Awwad, a Palestinian mother. In Marietta, Georgia, his father works as a certified public accountant. Mohyeldin has an elder brother, Ahmed, who is a resident neurosurgeon at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and a former Atlanta Silverbacks professional soccer player. Mohyeldin was born in Egypt and raised there until the age of five when his parents immigrated to the United States.
Mohyeldin’s wife
On April 26, 2016, Mohyeldin married Tunisian model Kenza Fourati in a private ceremony in Marietta, Georgia, where his parents currently reside.
In an interview with Vogue Arabia, his wife stated that the pair were expecting their first child in early 2017. Dora Fourati Mohyeldin, their daughter, was born on March 12, 2017, in New York.
What is Mohyeldin Salary?
He earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000-$110,500.
Mohyeldin Net Worth
Mohyeldin’s net worth is $1 million.
Ayman Mohyeldin Career
Mohyeldin began his career in journalism working at NBC, as a desk assistant for the Washington D.C. bureau. Mohyeldin’s first major assignments happened shortly after 9/11. In an interview with PRWeek, Ayman describes the opportunities that arose in the aftermath of 9/11: “There was a real shortage of people with language skills or expertise in the Middle East. Just because of my language skills and the timing, so to speak, I got a lot of experience. I was thrown into a mix of things that normally desk assistants at my level would not have gotten. I started working on some big pieces that had to do with investigating 9/11 and all kinds of international terrorist connections… I was doing translation mostly, but I was also developing themes or threads to stories that either had some Middle East connection to them or some type of Arabic language skills required. So it was an unbelievable experience at a really young age. ” Mohyeldin’s coverage of major news events in the Arab World and the Middle East includes the Iraq War, the first multi-candidate presidential Egyptian elections in 2005, Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and the 2005 Palestinian elections in the Gaza Strip. He has covered the Sharm al-Sheikh resort bombing (July 2005) and the Jordan Hotel bombings (November 2005). As a producer, Mohyeldin became the first journalist to enter one of Libya‘s nuclear research facilities after producing Col. Muammar al-Gaddafi‘s first interview announcing Libya would abandon all WMD programs. Mohyeldin’s work in the CNN documentary “Iraq: progress report” about the daily struggles of Iraqis during the war was nominated for an Emmy Award. He served as an associate producer for the NBC News Special that also received Emmy nominations for “Ship at War: Inside the Carrier Stennis” and “Inside the Real West Wing.” Mohyeldin has also covered the annual Muslim Pilgrimage (Hajj) to Mecca and was involved in the production of CNN specials “Islam: The Struggle Within” and “Hajj: A Spiritual Journey.” In 2008–2009, Mohyeldin covered the Israeli attack on Gaza. The coverage of his reporting, along with Sherine Tadros’, has been released in the documentary “The War Around Us”. He reported on the intricate network of tunnels that were once used for smuggling of weapons and people across the Egyptian–Gaza border and are now a vital route into Gaza for medicine, food, and fuel supplies. In 2011, Mohyeldin left Al Jazeera English and returned to NBC where he extensively covered the second “Arab Uprising” in Egypt in 2013. He also covered the unrest in Ukraine, and most recently, the unrest in Iraq.
Egypt’s Revolution of 2011
Mohyeldin covered the 2011 Egyptian Revolution for Al Jazeera English. On January 28, 2011, Ayman broadcast from the Al Jazeera news building in Cairo for several hours straight, reporting on the Egyptian protests as protesters and Egyptian police battled for control of the 6th October Bridge. On January 30, Anis El Fekki of the Egyptian Interior Ministry revoked Al Jazeera’s broadcast license and forced the closure of their Cairo bureau, claiming the network was conspiring with opposition groups to overthrow the government. Ayman was one of five Al Jazeera journalists arrested and briefly detained by Egyptian authorities the following day after the network refused to cease broadcasting upon the loss of their accreditation. On February 6, 2011, Mohyeldin was again arrested by the Egyptian military upon trying to enter Tahrir square. He was released nine hours later. On September 20, 2011, Mohyeldin rejoined NBC News, where his career began. In January 2012, Mohyeldin traveled to Syria to cover the months-old uprising. Among the cities, he visited was Daraa. In the summer of 2013, Ayman extensively covered the removal of President Mohamed Morsi from power in Egypt. That fall, he also extensively covered the Syrian civil war and the effects of refugees overflowing into neighboring Lebanon. Mohyeldin also covered the agreement by Syria to dispose of its chemical weapons program. During the uprisings in Ukraine in 2014, Ayman was extensively covered in both Kiev and Donetsk. He traveled to the border in Eastern Ukraine and reported on the Russian troop buildup and the Ukrainian response. He also went “behind the scenes” into the occupied government buildings to report.
The conflict between Israel and Gaza in 2014
On July 16, 2014, Mohyeldin witnessed and reported via a series of tweets, the death of 4 Palestinian children who were playing soccer and hide-and-seek on a Gaza beach during the 2014 conflict. The first missile killed one child and the second killed the other 3. The killings were witnessed by many in the international press. Just moments earlier Mohyeldin was kicking a soccer ball with these boys in front of his hotel. The Israeli government claims that the beach was shelled in response to Hamas rocket fire originating from that area.
Although Mohyeldin was a live witness to the event, NBC correspondent Richard Engel reported the story from Tel Aviv. NBC followed up by pulling Mohyeldin from Gaza and terminating his reporting duties from Gaza indefinitely. Engel was sent to replace him in Gaza. NBC was subsequently criticized by independent media outlets for removing Mohyeldin. Mohyeldin was returned to Gaza on July 18, 2014, after NBC received heavy criticism for pulling him out of Gaza. On Sunday, August 3, 2014, Ayman announced via social media that after 4 weeks on the road he was “taking time to be with family..” Less than 48 hours later, Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire. On January 29, 2015, interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Mohyeldin said of Chris Kyle, subject of the movie American Sniper: “If you don’t know anything about Chris Kyle, if you don’t know this was a true story, this was a great movie,” Mohyeldin said. But, when you juxtapose it with the real Chris Kyle in the story and what has emerged about what kind of personality he was, in his own words, very far from reality. ” Mohyeldin suggested that the real Kyle may have had “racist tendencies” toward Iraqis and Muslims, which could have caused him to go on “some of these, you know, killing sprees in Iraq on assignment.” Host Joe Scarborough challenged Mohyeldin’s claim that Kyle went on killing sprees, and ended the segment saying, “All right, when we come back, Ayman is going to kick around Santa Claus”. On February 10, 2015, a letter signed by 22 retired generals and admirals, a former deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence, and dozens of other officers were sent to NBC parent Comcast, demanding an apology. The letter included a statement that “Mohyeldin’s statements were an inexcusable slap in the face to the widow of Chris Kyle and to all those in the armed forces who continue to serve our country in harm’s way. Such rants do not add anything to a thoughtful discussion of public policy regarding Iraq. “
An allegation of bias during a live news report
In October 2015, Ayman Mohyeldin was accused of false reporting and bias during live coverage of a report where a Palestinian man wearing camouflaged clothing sprang out of a group of Israeli soldiers, wielding a knife, and was subsequently shot. Mohyeldin initially reported that from where he was standing and the boy was lying, he did not see a knife in the man’s open hands after he saw the dead body. However, he was interrupted on air by another MSNBC journalist who ran a picture of the assailant holding what seemed to be a knife in the air before he was killed. Following the MSNBC journalist’s interruption, Mohyeldin reiterated that the assailant did not have a knife in his hands after he was dead and secured by the Israeli police. Following his coverage of the June 2016 Tel Aviv shooting, an Israeli newspaper, The Jerusalem Post, criticized Mohyeldin for going “on a rambling, 35-second stream of consciousness in which he managed to squeeze in four mentions of ‘the occupation’ and three mentions of Israeli politics ‘shifting to the right’ or the ‘extreme right,’ while talking of Palestinian ‘frustration’ and Israeli oppression.”
