الفهرس 
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Abstract
This study aimed at bridging the gap in literature through investigating a sample of interviews conducted with some Arab leaders. In this study, the researcher aimed at gaining better understanding of evasion through comparing the result of her study and some of the studies conducted with American and European politicians. In addition, researcher aspired to either refute or support the claim that equivocation is a universal characteristic in politicians’ personalities. The researcher employed a descriptive case study design to identify the techniques manipulated by Arab politicians and whether they were similar or different to their American and/or European counterparts.
The study consisted of four chapters. The first chapter provided a summary of the theory, typologies and techniques to evade. In addition, it summarised the previous studies conducted in that areas. The second chapter tackled the methodology that was used and the sample of this study which consisted of four interviews carried out with four Arab politicians during critical political situations. The four politicians are King Abdullah II, the Syrian President Bashar Al-assad, the Egyptian ex-vice president Omar Suleiman and Saif Gadhafi of Libya. christian Amanpour was the interviewer who conducted the four interviews.
The results supported the claim that politicians regardless of their nationality evade when they were asked questions that threaten their public image. Moreover, results showed a tendency toward using some evasive techniques over others. In addition, the findings indicated that Arab politicians prefer to evade covertly. Also, the four politicians evaded wh-questions and yes/no questions equally when they threatened their faces. Finally, the results came in line with Bavelas et al.’s theory that evasion results from the nature of the situations.