‘Our bodies know the pain’: Why Norway’s reindeer herders support Gaza

Maja Kristine Jama with her reindeer herd in Norway [Courtesy of Maja Kristine Jama]

Fosen Peninsula, Norway – A herd of reindeer running through thick, white snow sounds a bit like thunder.

It is a spectacle that has been replayed for at least the past 10,000 years on eastern Norway’s Fosen Peninsula and one that Maja Kristine Jama, who comes from a family of reindeer herders, is deeply familiar with.