An open letter to Helen Hunt
As we write this you are participating as a keynote speaker in a world youth forum, which is being held in one of the most beautiful spots of Egypt, and maybe even in the world, Sharm El Sheikh. We are sure you would enjoy the hospitality you would receive as world renowned actress, the warm weather and the amazing sea. However, we are also sure none of this will convey the reality of what it means for Egyptians to live under military rule. A reality you chose to completely disregard.
As you shake hands with Sisi, smile, take a photo, let history note that you chose to support a dictator responsible for thousands of deaths, arbitrary detentions and disappearances.
This isn't just any forum that you chose to endorse. This is a youth forum with the slogan "We Need To Talk" called for by a dictator who can not stand any form of opposition or real criticism. He jails journalists for doing their jobs, youth for expressing their opinions, writers for writing fiction that violates "public morality", gays for coming out, supporters of LGBTQ for daring to support diversity, and he has blocked more than 400 different websites and media platforms.

There is nothing we can do now that you have chosen to be the celebrity face of Sisi's whitewashing campaign. We are merely writing this letter to say we are here, we are witnesses.
One day a younger generation will be studying our times, they will look back, they will know everything about the massacres and massive human right crimes Sisi is responsible for, and your name - among others- will be there.
Not different from those who supported Pinochet in Chile, you -and people like you- belong in that same chapter in history.

#WeNeedToTalk

#Egypt

Signatures:

1. Laila Soueif - Assistant professor, Cairo University
2. Ghada Shahbender - Human Rights Defender
3. Mona Seif - Human Rights Defender
4. Shaimaa Abou ElKheir - Journalist/Human Rights defender
5. Sara Alsherif - Researcher/journalist
6. Esraa Abdel Fattah - Journalist
7. Zeyad Salem - Creative director
8. Salma Said - Project manager/activist
9. Basma El Husseiny - Cultural manager
10. Mahienour El-Massry - lawyer and former political detainee
11. Aida Seif Eldawla - HR activist
12. Hend Nafea-Human Rights Defender
13. Mohamed Zaree - human rights defender
14. Khaled Dawoud - President of Dostour Party
15. Azza Soliman - Chairwoman of the board of trustees Cewla
16. Nora Younis - Journalist
17. Gamal Eid - Human Rights Lawyer
18. Ola Shahba
19. Kholoud Saber Barakat - psychologist and PHD researcher
20. Mozn Hassan - Executive director Nazra for feminist studies
21. Dalia Abd Elhameed - Researcher
22. Dina Wahba - Research Associate, Free University Berlin
23. Dalia Alfarghal - Human rights activist
24. Emad Mubarak - Lawyer
25. Ziad Abdel Tawab - Human Rights Activist
26. Bahey eldin Hassan - Director of Cairo institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)
27. Nourhan hefzy- Reporter
28. Reda Issa - Accountant
29. Ahmed Hassan - Peace activist (former political prisoner)
30. Yasmine Shash - Researcher
31. Mohammad El-Taher - Human Rights Defender
32. Zyad Eleleimy - Lawyer
33. Dalia radwan - Interior Designer
34. Radwa Medhat - EIPR
35. Fatma abed - Egyptian citizen
36. Sara Mohamed - Researcher
37. Mostafa Youssef - Director
38. Mohamed Mokhtar- Human Rights Defender
39. Hossam Elhendy - Egyptian citizen
40. Ahmed Abdeen - Journalist
41. Tariq Ismail - Engineer
42. Hend El Deeb - Employee
43. Ahmed Moawed - lawyer
44. Amira Abdelhamid- PhD student
45. Mohamed Nagy - Researcher
46. Mustafa Abd el Razik - Journalist
47. Gehan Shaaban - Digital cultures specialist
48. Lina El wardani - Journalist
49. Mohamed ElBaaly - CEO of Sefsafa Publishing
50. Abdelmoneim Mahmoud - Journalist
51. Sherif Azer - Human rights activist
52. Hossam Sarhan - Promo producer
53. Taher Mokhtar - Medical doctor
54. Dina Tariq - Journalist
55. Mohamed Omran - Human rights activist
56. Eman Abdelmonem -journalist
57. Salma Hussein- journalist
58. Abdelrahman Fares - Political activist
59. Shady ElGhazaly Harb - Activist/Doctor
60. Safwan Mohamed - Journalist and political activist
61. Ahmad Abd Allah - Human rights activist
62. Karim Abdelrady - Human Rights Activist
63. Ahmed fawzy - Human rights activist
64. Mohamed Elbaker - Human Rights Lawyer
65. Mohamed Abdelaziz- Researcher
66. Doaa mostafa - lawyer
67. Mohammed Adel - lawyer
68. Moataz El Fegiery - human rights activist
69. Jehad Mohamed - Journalist
70. Abdelrahman Youssef - Journalist
71. Yasser Elhawary
72. Nashwa Nasreldeen - Electrical Engineer
73. Hisham Fadlallah- Urban planning Engineer
74. Ahmed Taha ibrahim -structure engineer
75. Sanaa Seif - Video Editor
76. Soleil gharbieh
77. Salah Abdel Kader
78. Ahmed Nazmi
79. Mohamed Nasr - Project manager
80. Jolia Bekheet - Free-lance
81. Hisham fouad Journaliat
82. Amal Sharaf - English Teacher
83. Karim Mohammed Elgammal - Engineer/writer
84. Ranwa youssef- Visual artist
85. Ahmed Abu Gamil - Secretary of workers committee Bread & Freedom party, Portsaid
86. Ahmed Bakr - Translator and new editor
87. Abdurahman katamish - HR and payroll coordinator
88. Hossam eldein Aly - Engineer -liberal party
89. Baho baksh - producer
90. Gameela Ismail-Egyptian politician/TV presenter
91. Asmaa Mahfouz - political activist
92. Mohamed Salem - political researcher and member of political Bureau of Egyptian social democratic party
93. Nour Khalil - Lawyer/Writer
94. Mohamed Nabil - Member of 6th of April Movement
95. Mohamed El Gendy - Business development Manager Amazon
96. Mohamed Anas - Civil Engineer
97. Kareem Taha - Human rights activist
98. Hadeel Gamal
99. Ali Yahia - Psychiatrist
100. Mahmoud kamal el kelish - Dentist
101. Hossam Abdel Rahman - Accountant