Ayman Mohyeldin: from Gaza and Tahrir to journalism today
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 747 Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
What does it take to platform the truth? In this live episode from Web Summit Qatar, The Take talks to veteran correspondent and anchor Ayman Mohyeldin about the path from the US to Gaza and Tahrir Square that defined him as a journalist, as he brings moments that define our time to news audiences around the world.
In this episode:
- Ayman Mohyeldin (@AymanM), MS NOW Anchor
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Sarí el-Khalili, with Melanie Marich, Tamara Khandaker and our host, Malika Bilal. It was edited by Alexandra Locke.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Hey everyone, it's Malika Bilal, and I am coming to you from Web Summit Qatar here in Doha, Qatar. |
| 0:17.8 | We are bringing you two special episodes this week and next straight from the Web Summit floor. |
| 0:23.8 | Our first is with journalists and former Al Jazeera colleague Eman Muhildin, now of MS Now. |
| 0:31.6 | We talk about the landscape of journalism and so much more. Enjoy. |
| 0:35.6 | Hey everyone. journalism and so much more. Enjoy. |
| 0:45.6 | Hey everyone. All right. Thank you so much for being here. Amen. Thank you for being here. |
| 0:50.8 | Hello and welcome. So my name is Malika Bilal, as you heard. I'm the host of The Take. |
| 0:58.5 | And we are here, as you know, live on stage at the Web Summit, Qasar in Doha. |
| 1:03.7 | So for those of you who don't know, the Take is Al Jazeera's Daily Flagship News Podcasts. |
| 1:06.7 | We air wherever podcasts can be found. |
| 1:16.3 | And in 2024, we believe by our account, we became the first daily news podcast to publish five days a week in video. |
| 1:17.0 | Wow. |
| 1:17.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:20.5 | But this is our first ever live recording. |
| 1:26.1 | And so I'm really excited to be doing it with Eamun Mikhail Dinh and with all of you here in Durham. |
| 1:31.2 | So today we're going to talk about platforming the truth. |
| 1:35.5 | And there is no one I would rather have that conversation with than Amen. |
| 1:37.3 | So Amen, welcome to the take. |
| 1:38.4 | Thank you so much for being here. |
| 1:40.0 | Embeke, thank you so much for having me. It's such a pleasure to be here with you and have this conversation. |
| 1:42.5 | Very important and very timely. |
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