Suroosh Alvi

  • What I Found in the Rubble of a Destroyed Taliban Complex

    Suroosh Alvi recalls how he wound up with a dagger that belonged to Qari Hussain, the Pakistani Taliban's master trainer of suicide bombers.

  • Heroin Warfare

    VICE had been trying to get into Iran for seven years, but each time we were shut down with zero explanation. We're allowed in for the first time to do a story about the widespread damage the opium and heroin trade has had on Iranian society.

  • Egypt on the Brink - Women Under Assault

    VICE co-founder Suroosh Alvi meets with some local activists around Tahrir Square to learn about the horrible conditions female protesters have been put in while their country has been turned upside down.

  • In Saddam's Shadow

    Ten years after the US invasion of Iraq, VICE founder Suroosh Alvi returns to Baghdad to see how the city is doing. We meet a biker gang that misses Saddam, a gay activist, the metal band Dog Faced Corpse, and members of the Iraqi military whose bomb...

  • In Saddam's Shadow

    VICE founder Suroosh Alvi returns to Baghdad ten years after the US invasion. In the fourth and final part of the documentary, we learn about the ADE 651, a small device the Iraqi military uses at checkpoints to detect bombs in cars. Problem is, these...

  • In Saddam's Shadow

    VICE founder Suroosh Alvi returns to Baghdad ten years after the US invasion. In part three, we hang out with Iraqi metal band Dog Faced Corpse and investigate the struggles of emo kids and gays living in Baghdad. There have been reports of emo...