Moroccan rapper and filmmaker Mehdi El Youbi, known by his stage name Mehdi Black Wind, was arrested in Casablanca on Monday after a day of questioning by Morocco's National Brigade of Judicial Police, with supporters saying the detention is linked to his artistic views and social media posts. El Youbi, a prominent political rapper across North Africa, had been living in Marseille since 2017 and was barred from returning to France just days before his arrest. His detention comes amid what activists describe as a broader crackdown on dissent in Morocco, following the arrest of journalist Ali Lmrabet and a suspended prison sentence handed to a leading figure in the Gen Z 212 movement (a youth-led protest movement that emerged in Morocco demanding improvements to health and education services).