About the center

The name

“Mirsad” is Arabic for the lookout post — the high place from which an observer keeps patient, precise watch. The same root gives Arabic its words for observatories: astronomy is measurement at its most exact, and an observatory never gets the number wrong. That is the identity: vigilant, scientific observation — no number escapes us.

Vision & mission

A Syrian center for policy and polling that measures Syria with a published methodology, feeds decision-makers with evidence rather than impressions, and builds the country's first cumulative database of national indicators — twelve of them in the first Barometer, several measured nationally for the first time.

Five governance commitments

A diverse board of trustees	No single faction, sect or funder dominates it.
Annual funding disclosure	Sources and shares, published every year.
A published methodology with every survey	Sample, margin, fieldwork mode and weighting.
An independent review committee	External scholars audit instrument and sample before release.
Serious criticism as proof of independence	Proximity is a channel of influence, not allegiance.

Dr. Mustafa Yakoub	Founder and Director General — builder of digital knowledge systems, media professional and academic.

The structure is completed by a board of trustees, a researchers' network, and a program to bring Syrian talent home.