Jim Quilty is a Beirut-based Canadian journalist, critic and writer. For some years he has written about the arts and cultural production of the Middle East and North Africa and has programmed and co-programmed selections of film and video art for festivals and art spaces. Quilty edits the arts and culture section of an English-language daily in Beirut called The Daily Star and has published in various English-language magazines, including ArtReview, FlashArt, Bidoun, Variety and Middle East Report.