Ayman Mohyeldin Biography

Ayman Mohyeldin is an Arab American anchor and reporter working at NBC News and MSNBC. He has been working at the two stations since joining in September 2011. 

Mohyeldin was one of the first Western journalists to be allowed to enter and report on the surrender and trial of Saddam Hussein, the deposed President of Iraq, for crimes against humanity by the Iraqi Interim Government. Ayman also covered both the 2008–09 Gaza War and the Arab Spring.

Ayman Mohyeldin Education

Mohyeldin attended North Cobb High School in Kennesaw, Georgia. Mohyeldin received a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the American University in Washington D.C. with a focus on the European Union. He was awarded an MA in International Politics with a focus on peace and conflict resolution.

Ayman Mohyeldin Career

Mohyeldin serves as an anchor at NBC News and MSNBC. He previously served as the anchor of “MSNBC Life with Ayman Mohyeldin” on weekday afternoons on MSNBC. Mohyeldin started his journalism career at NBC News where he served as a desk assistant. He started working on his major assignments shortly after 9/11.

Some of his coverages in the Middle East include Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, the Iraq War, the 2005 Palestinian elections in the Gaza Strip, and the first multi-candidate presidential Egyptian elections in 2005. In addition to that, he also enclosed the Jordan Hotel bombings (November 2005) and the Sharm al-Sheikh resort bombing (July 2005).

Mohyeldin was also the first journalist to go to Libya after producing Col. Muammar al-Gaddafi’s interview reporting that Libya would abandon all WMD programs. His work in the CNN documentary “Iraq: progress report” concerning the daily problems of Iraqis during the war was nominated for an Emmy Award.

He also work at NBC News where he served as an associate producer hat also received Emmy nominations for “Inside the Real West Wing” and “Ship at War: Inside the Carrier Stennis.” In addition to that, he was also involved in the production of CNN specials “Hajj: A Spiritual Journey” and “Islam: The Struggle Within”. He also enclosed the annual Muslim Pilgrimage (Hajj) to Mecca.

From 2008 to 2009, he enclosed the Israeli attack on Gaza. Furthermore, his coverage of his reporting, alongside Sherine Tadros was released in the documentary ” The War Around Us”. In addition to that, he made a report about the network of tunnels that were used for smuggling people and weapons across the Egyptian-Gaza border and are now vital routes into Gaza for fuel supplies, medicine, and food.

Ayman Mohyeldin Age

Mohyeldin is 46 years old. He was born on 18 April 1979 in Cairo, Egypt. He celebrates his birthday on April 18th every year.

Ayman Mohyeldin Height

Mohyeldin stands at a height of 6 feet 0 inches tall.

Ayman Mohyeldin Family

Mohyeldin was born to an Egyptian father, Medhat Mohyeldin, and to a Palestinian mother, Abla Awwad. His dad is a certified public accountant in Marietta, Georgia. Mohyeldin has an older brother, Ahmulh, who is a resident neurosurgeon and former professional soccer star for the Atlanta Silverbacks in the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

Ayman Mohyeldin Wife

Mohyeldin is married to the Tunisian model Kenza Fourati. The couple married on February 26, 2016, at a private ceremony in Marietta where his parents now reside, where his personal best and expert assembly will be present. OK. Her brother’s mother, Dora Fourati Mohyeldin, was born in New York on March 12, 2017. Fourati was born on 13 May 1987 in Lille, northern France.

She is 37 years old. Kenza revealed in a Vogue Arabia interview that in early 2017, they would receive their first child. Their daughter Dora was born on 12th March 2017. She is 8 years old. Idris was born on 7th April 2019 and is 6 years old.

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 Salary

Mohyeldin earns an annual salary ranging from $40,000 – $ 110,500.

Ayman Mohyeldin Allegation

In October 2015, Ayman Mohyeldin was accused of false reporting and bias during live coverage of a report in which a Palestinian man wearing camouflaged clothing emerged from a group of Israeli soldiers wearing a knife and was subsequently shot. Mohyeldin indicated initially that the knife in the boy’s open hands was spared a knife since he saw his dead body at the location, leaving the boy with the knife in position to be lying away as well. One MSNBC reporter did interrupt him on the air, but ran a photo of the falling in, something seeming to be a knife in the air before he was assassinated.

Following the interruption of the MSNBC journalist, Mohyeldin reiterated that the assailant had no knife in his hand after he had been killed and secured by the Israeli police. Following his coverage of the June 2016 Tel Aviv shooting, the Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post criticized Mohyeldin for “walking to the right,” 35 seconds of consciousness in which he managed to squeeze in four references to “occupation” and three references to Israeli politics, “shifting to the right” or “extreme right,” while talking about Palestinian “frustration” and Israeli oppression.

The table below answers some of the frequently asked questions about Mohyeldin.