Sebastian Bouknight

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Sebastian Bouknight is a freelance journalist, photographer, and radio producer based in Morocco. Coming from a multi-disciplinary background, he reports on the environment, migration, human rights, and music.

Palestine | Feb 17, 2020

Morocco’s balancing act on Israel and Palestine

Moroccans protest against the "deal of the century" and want the government, which recently took possession of Israeli spy drones, to do more to aid the Palestinian cause.

Moroccans wave the Palestinian flag during a demonstration against the US Middle East peace plan in the capital Rabat on February 9, 2020. - Morocco has warming but quiet relations with Israel, although they do not enjoy formal diplomatic ties. Israel and Morocco opened "liaison" offices in each other's countries in the mid-1990s but Rabat closed them after an escalation of Palestinian-Israeli violence in 2000. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP) (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Morocco | Jan 15, 2020

Solidarity swells in Morocco after crackdown on free expression

Moroccan journalist Omar Radi has been released pending trial in March, but other YouTubers, rappers and students remain in jail for criticizing the king and the regime.

Demonstrators shoot slogans and hold a banner showing a portrait of Omar Radi, a Moroccan journalist detained over tweet criticising judge, during a demonstration, on December 28, 2019, in the city of Rabat. (Photo by STR / AFP) (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Morocco | Dec 19, 2019

Moroccan YouTubers forced to silence

A day after Mohammed Sekkaki recorded a witty rant against the king and uploaded it to YouTube, Moroccan police raided his home and arrested him.

Morocco | Nov 21, 2019

How bus ban reflects Morocco's broader migration policy

The well-known Moroccan bus company CTM denies accusations that it prevents "Africans" from boarding some of its buses.

Migrants queue in line, during the second phase of a campaign to regularize illegal migrants living in Morocco, in Rabat, on December 15, 2016. / AFP / FADEL SENNA (Photo credit should read FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Morocco | Oct 1, 2019

Young Moroccan activists rally for climate action

Morocco is already taking big steps to combat climate change, but young people want their country to do more, starting with addressing the local problems that limit public engagement.