1. Ayman Mohyeldin was one of the first Western journalists allowed to enter and report on the handing over and trial of the deposed President of Iraq Saddam Hussein by the Iraqi Interim Government for crimes against humanity.
27 Facts About Ayman Mohyeldin
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Ayman Mohyeldin was born in Cairo, Egypt, to an Egyptian father, Medhat Ayman Mohyeldin, and a Palestinian mother, Abla Awwad.
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Ayman Mohyeldin's father is a certified public accountant in Marietta, Georgia.
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Ayman Mohyeldin has an older brother, Ahmed, who is a resident neurosurgeon at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and former professional soccer star for the Atlanta Silverbacks.
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Ayman Mohyeldin lived in Egypt until the age of 5 when his parents emigrated to the US He attended North Cobb High School in Kennesaw, Georgia.
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Ayman Mohyeldin received his undergraduate education at American University in Washington, DC, earning a BA in international relations with a focus on the European Union.
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Ayman Mohyeldin received an MA in international politics with a focus on Peace and Conflict Resolution.
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Ayman Mohyeldin lived in Iraq from 2003 to 2005 as a foreign news producer with CNN.
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Ayman Mohyeldin began his career in journalism working at NBC, as a desk assistant for the Washington DC bureau.
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In 2011, Ayman Mohyeldin left Al Jazeera English and returned to NBC where he extensively covered the second "Arab Uprising" in Egypt in 2013.
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Ayman Mohyeldin covered the unrest in Ukraine, and most recently the unrest in Iraq.
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Ayman Mohyeldin covered the 2011 Egyptian Revolution for Al Jazeera English.
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Ayman Mohyeldin 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.
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On February 6,2011, Ayman Mohyeldin was again arrested by the Egyptian military upon trying to enter Tahrir square.
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On September 20,2011, Ayman Mohyeldin rejoined NBC News, where his career began.
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In January 2012, Ayman Mohyeldin traveled to Syria to cover the months-old uprising.
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Ayman Mohyeldin covered the agreement of Syria to dispose of their chemical weapons program.
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Ayman Mohyeldin traveled to the border in Eastern Ukraine and reported on Russian troop buildup, and the Ukrainian response.
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Ayman Mohyeldin went "behind the scenes" into the occupied government buildings to report.
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Ayman Mohyeldin was sent by NBC as a correspondent to Gaza at the beginning of the one month-long 2014 conflict.
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Ayman Mohyeldin's coverage was praised by media critics such as Glenn Greenwald for departing from "the standard pro-Israel coverage that dominates establishment American press coverage".
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Two weeks into the conflict, on July 16,2014, Ayman 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.
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Just moments earlier, Ayman Mohyeldin was kicking a soccer ball with these boys in front of his hotel.
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Ayman Mohyeldin returned to Gaza on July 18,2014, after NBC received heavy criticism for pulling him out of Gaza.
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In September 2021, his program Ayman Mohyeldin took over the weekend evening spot formerly held by Joshua Johnson's The Week with Joshua Johnson, and it streams on Peacock on Fridays, while Hallie Jackson took over his weekday afternoon slot.
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Ayman Mohyeldin is a fill in guest host on MSNBC's All In with Chris Hayes, Deadline: White House, The Beat with Ari Melber, The Rachel Maddow Show, Alex Wagner Tonight, and The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell.
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Ayman Mohyeldin married Tunisian model Kenza Fourati on April 26,2016, in a private ceremony in Marietta, Georgia.