During the month of Ramadan, Muslims must fast from sunrise to sunset. However, in regions of the Arctic there are times in summer when the sun never goes down ("midnight sun") and times in winter where the sun never rises ("polar nights")...

Now often the month of Ramadan [which is based on a lunar calendar] does not arrive in deep summer or deep winter, and consequently, neither the midnight son nor the polar nights would bedevil the Muslim living in the Arctic.  However, on occasion Ramadan does arrive during the deep summer when the sun never goes down, in which case this Muslim must consider learning to love to be famished:  

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