Lejla Dauti on Channel 4: Speaking Truth from the Margins

In a moving and widely shared feature by Channel 4, Trime co-founder Lejla Dauti speaks candidly about what it means to grow up in the UK as the daughter of Kosovan asylum seekers, carrying not just the trauma of war, but the emotional weight of survival, silence, and expectation.

In the interview, Lejla reflects on:

• Fleeing Kosovo during the war and arriving in the UK as a child

• The pressures placed on young girls in the Albanian community to be “the good daughter”

• The unspoken grief passed down from parents who survived conflict

• The inner conflict of honouring your parents’ sacrifices while also trying to find your own voice

• What it means to carry trauma you didn’t experience directly, but feel every day

  
  

Her words are raw, reflective, and deeply human. They shine a light on the intergenerational burden so many daughters of refugees carry, especially in communities where silence is mistaken for strength.

This isn’t just an interview, it’s a mirror.A mirror for every woman who’s ever felt the tension between gratitude and grief, between duty and identity.

Lejla has always used her voice to disrupt silence, to honour complexity, and to speak the truths many are still too afraid to name.We are proud that this is who she is, not just in Trime, but everywhere she goes.

Thank you to Channel 4 for holding space for such a necessary conversation, and to Lejla, for continuing to lead with vulnerability, clarity, and courage.