Naciri has been engaged in addressing cultural and religious norms from a gendered perspective, creating space for partnerships with religious institutions such as Rabita Mohammedia des Oulémas [fr] He has spearheaded work on engaging men and boys as agents of change in the region, including through issuing a report on masculinities – the first of its kind in the Arab World.

They are affiliated with their ancestor Mohamed Ben Nacer (hence their name) founder of the seventeenth century Sufi following bearing their name to Tamegroute and disciple of Abu Hafs Omar Bin Ahmed Al Ansari who instructed him to inculcate the principles of Tariqa Chadhiliyya.

[17] Naciri's parents were travelling when growing up, he received his primary education in different countries, graduating from high school in the United Arab Emirates.

Naciri has a master's degree in public policy and international development from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (United States) in 1997–1999.

He has a second master's degree in social anthropology from the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford (United Kingdom) in 1999-2000 where he was a Chevening scholar, and a third master's degree in business administration from the Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport in Alexandria (Egypt) from 1995 to 1997.

"[19] Having been appointed immediately after the Arab spring, much of Naciri's work on gender equality in the region focused on participation and leadership.

"[21] Under his leadership, UN Women and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) launched regional research on the costing of violence.

[22] He has spearheaded work on engaging men and boys as agents of change in the region, including through issuing a report on masculinities – the first of its kind in the Arab World.

UN Women under his leadership successfully advocated for the abolishment of laws that gave clemency to rapists if they married their victims in Lebanon, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia.

He was the acting UNDP Kuwait resident representative in 2008–2009, working on, among other things, women's empowerment and witnessing the election of female parliamentarians[33][34] for the first time in the country's history.