Suroosh Alvi

Suroosh Alvi
سروش علوی
Photo of Suroosh Alvi
Alvi in 2016
Born (1969-03-26) 26 March 1969 (age 55)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alma materMcGill University
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • filmmaker
Known forCo-founder of VICE Media
Children1
MotherSajida S. Alvi

Suroosh Alvi (Urdu: سروش علوی; born (1969-03-26)26 March 1969) is a Canadian journalist and filmmaker. He is the co-founder of Vice Media, a digital media and broadcasting brand that operates in more than 50 countries.[1][2] Alvi is a travelled journalist and an executive producer of film, covering youth culture, news, and music globally. He has hosted and produced documentaries investigating controversial issues, armed conflicts, movements, and subcultures, including conflict minerals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Iraq War, the takeover of Gaza by Hamas in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and the rise of the Pakistani Taliban and global terrorism.[3][4]

  1. ^ Brownstein, Bill (30 November 2000). Sex Carnival. ECW Press. pp. 79–. ISBN 978-1-55022-415-3. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  2. ^ Jaafar, Ali (22 June 2016). "Vice Media's Viceland To Launch In More Than 50 New Countries". Deadline. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Inside the world's deadliest terror groups". NewsComAu. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  4. ^ Alvi, Suroosh (7 July 2011). "Life after bin Laden in Pakistan". CNN. Retrieved 16 October 2016.