Meet the Team

Muhammad Al Safadi

Founder

Muhammad founded Insights for Action from inside the reality he now researches. With over 12+ year experience built across the MENA region and beyond, he brings the kind of contextual instinct that can't be taught. A question he kept asking throughout his career, “are we doing the right thing and are we learning from it?” convinced him the work could be done better.

Insights for Action is his answer.

Our Access and Reach

  • 120+ field researchers in Lebanon and 100+ in Syria. The best part? We’re still growing.

    Our field network consists of professionals fluent in Arabic, French, and English, trained extensively in data collection methodologies, humanitarian principles, protection protocols, SPHERE standards, MHPSS principles, and specialized techniques for conflict-affected settings.

    Drawing on their prior experience and our rigorous training programs, these researchers deliver high-quality, context-driven insights

  • Complex regional challenges demand both high-level strategic vision and ground-level agility. Our international expert roster connects seasoned specialists, on average with 12+ years of experience, to high-impact initiatives across the MENA and beyond the region, adapted to the scale and scope of every partner.

    Versatile Scale & Operational Reach

    Our experts operate fluidly across the entire aid and development spectrum:

    • Multilateral & Institutional Scale: Leading complex evaluations, strategic frameworks, and multi-country research for UN agencies, multilateral banks, and international donors.

    • Mid-Size & INGO Operations: Advising international NGOs, policy think tanks, and regional consortia on targeted thematic research and program design.

    • Agile & Grassroots Scale: Collaborating with local CSOs, emerging SMEs, and specialized field teams on rapid-response studies, community-level assessments, and localized interventions.

    Sectors of Expertise

    • Gender & Women's Rights – Advancing equity, protection, and women's economic empowerment.

    • Governance & Civic Space – Supporting institutional strengthening, policy reform, and accountability.

    • Education & Youth – Building resilient learning systems and civic/economic youth engagement.

    • Health & Nutrition – Evaluating public health interventions, food security, and community care.

    • SMEs & Economic Growth – Driving enterprise development, market linkages, and local livelihoods.

    • Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) – Conducting sensitive research on pluralism, rights, and cohesion.

    • Displaced Populations - migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers, internally-displaced persons (IDPs)

  • Client: Internews

    Years: 2024 - 2025

    Focus: Evaluation addressing eligious freedom violations in the MENA region by improving media coverage and fostering respect for religious diversity

    Scope: Lebanon, Sudan, Iraq

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    Client: Terre des Hommes

    Years: 2025 - Present

    Focus: Baseline and midline evaluation for the Makani educational project, a community-based, multi-service initiative led by UNICEF Lebanon alongside local and international NGO partners to provide vulnerable children, youth, and caregivers with safe spaces for learning, protection, and social support.

    Scope: Lebanon

Syria

• Access via trusted local research networks, mainly in northwest Syria

• Remote management systems for complex operational environments

• Legal registration in Syria currently in process

Lebanon

  • Network of field researchers covering all parts of Lebanon, including Bekaa, North, South, Beirut, and Mount Lebanon

  • Experienced with Syrian refugees, host communities, local authorities, and civil society networks

  • Legally registered in Lebanon