Author Archives: Adam Elkhouly

Final Project – Building Construction and Fire

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Adam Elkhouly

Adam E. Final Project English 1101 – Prof. Gold 12/17/11 This English class is the first course I have taken where English, reading and research have actually had a practical use for me. Before this course, I always saw English … Continue reading →

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Brooklyn Historical Society 11/29/11

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Adam Elkhouly

The excerpts we read from Gabriel Furman’s notes dealt with a worldwide Cholera outbreak. In Brooklyn, the disease was rampant, killing 1/75th of Brooklyn (2000 people) in about 15 days. For a long time, no one knew how to cure … Continue reading →

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Occupy Wall Street: Who’s Side Do We Take?

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Adam Elkhouly

Source One: http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/728 This first article is taken from a blog site, the author being an Australian write/scholar named McKenzie Wark. The article takes a biased “left” tone including negative remarks about our current political system such as “It may sound … Continue reading →

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Occupy Wall Street

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Adam Elkhouly

Up until recently, I did not understand nor care about the banking crisis. I was uneducated but now I have realized that it is part of what our generation will inherit. Mortgages were given out so freely because the companies … Continue reading →

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What To Hold On To

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Adam Elkhouly

In the world we live in every object from “our” time serves two purposes: One being it’s normal everyday purpose (a blueprint to build with, a wrench to plumb with, etc) but the second purpose is much less known or … Continue reading →

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The Old and New in BHS

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Adam Elkhouly

The Brooklyn Historical society is definitely one of the more interesting resources Brooklyn has to offer. When I was walking to the library I dreaded that it would be another boring history lecture. However, when I arrived there I was taken by … Continue reading →

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