When Palestinian designer Faissal El-Malak decided to study fashion, he had one destination in mind: Paris. El-Malak, who grew up in Qatar and Canada, headed to the French capital and ended up launching his own brand as a result of his graduation project — based on the creation of tights and leggings that were cut and sewn, rather than knit, so they would last longer. “That was in 2009/10. I ...