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 Middle East include 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 )
Jordan Hotel bombings
2005 Amman bombings
Ayman Mohyeldin