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Ayman Mohyeldin
Ayman Mohyeldin

Ayman Mohyeldin Biography

Ayman Mohyeldin is an Egyptian journalist who works for NBC News and MSNBC in New York. He is presently the host of “MSNBC Live with Ayman Mohyeldin” on MSNBC weekday afternoons. He formerly worked for CNN and Al Jazeera.

Ayman Mohyeldin MSNBC| Wikipedia

Ayman presently works as a news anchor for MSNBC. He’s also a co-host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe’s First Look” Show, which airs weekdays at 5 a.m. ET, and MSNBC Live. He formerly worked as an anchor for NBC News in the Middle East and as a correspondent for Al Jazeera English in the Middle East.

Ayman Mohyeldin Career

Mohyeldin began his media career as a desk assistant at the Washington D.C. bureau of NBC News. The workplace. Soon after 9/11, Mohyeldin received his first important duties. The Iraq War, the first multi-candidate Egyptian presidential elections in 2005, Israel’s disengagement from the Gaza Strip, and Palestinian elections in the Gaza Strip in 2005 are among Mohyeldin’s key news events in the Arab and the Middle East. It included the Sharm al-Sheikh resort explosion in July 2005 and the Jordan Hotel bombing in November 2005. After the initial interview with Col. Muammar al-Gaddafi, proclaiming that Libya will stop all weapons development, Mohyeldin became the first journalist to visit one of Libya’s nuclear research facilities as a producer.

Mohyeldin was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work in the CNN documentary “Iraq: Progress Report,” which chronicled Iraqis’ daily challenges during the war. He worked on the NBC News Special as an assistant producer, which also got Emmy nominations for “Ship at War: Inside the Carrier Stennis” and “Inside the Real West Wing.”

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Mohyeldin also traveled to Mecca for the annual Muslim pilgrimage (Hajj) and worked on the CNN specials “Islam: The Struggle Within” and “Hajj: A Spiritual Journey.” In 2008–2009, Mohyeldin covered Israel’s invasion of Gaza. His account was used in the documentary “The War Around Us,” which he co-wrote with Sherine Tadros.

Ayman Mohyeldin Age

How old is Ayman? Mohyeldin is 42 years old as of 2021. He was born on 18 April 1979 in Cairo, Egypt. He celebrates his birthday on April 18th every year.

Ayman Mohyeldin Education

Ayman finished his secondary school at North Cobb High School in Kennesaw, Georgia. He studied International Relations with a focus on the European Union at American University in Washington, D.C., and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations. He has a master’s degree in international politics with a concentration in peace and conflict resolution. “The News Media Paradigm in the War on Terrorism,” his graduate thesis, was accepted by the International Association of Media Researchers Conference in Barcelona, Spain, in 2002. He worked as a foreign news producer for CNN in Iraq from 2003 to 2005.

Ayman Mohyeldin Nationality | Ethnicity

What ethnicity is Ayman? he belongs to the  Mixed (Egyptian and Palestinian) ethnicity/heritage. He was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt and he holds Arab-American nationality and citizenship by birth.

Ayman Mohyeldin Height

Ayman stands at a height of 6 feet 2 inches tall.

Ayman Mohyeldin Family | Siblings | Parents

Mohyeldin was born in Cairo, Egypt, to a Palestinian mother and an Egyptian father, Medhat Mohyeldin. In Marietta, Georgia, his father works as a certified public accountant. Ahmed, Mohyeldin’s older brother, is a resident neurosurgeon at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and a former Atlanta Silverbacks professional soccer player.

Ayman Mohyeldin Wife | Married

Ayman is happily married to a Tunisian Model Kenza Fourati,  The couple tied the knot on 26th April 2016 in a private ceremony that was attended by their close friends and family. The wedding was held in Marietta, Georgia where his parents live.

Ayman Mohyeldin Children

They have two children, a daughter, and a son, and they are quite proud of them. Dora Fourati Mohyeldin, their daughter, was born on March 12, 2017, in New York, and Idris Mohyeldin, their boy, was born on April 6, 2019, in the United States.

Ayman Mohyeldin Salary

How much does he earn? Mohyeldin earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000 – $ 110,500.

Ayman Mohyeldin Net Worth

Mohyeldin has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through being a journalist.

Ayman Mohyeldin Allegation

During live coverage of a report in which a Palestinian guy dressed in camouflage emerged from a group of Israeli troops wielding a knife and was shot, Ayman Mohyeldin was accused of misleading reporting and bias. Initially, Mohyeldin stated that the knife in the youngster’s open hands had been spared since he had seen his dead body at the spot, leaving the boy with the weapon in a position to be lying away as well. Before he was slain, one MSNBC reporter interrupted him on the air, but broadcast a photo of the felling in, with what appeared to be a knife in the air.