Since the rise to power of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) beginning in 2015, Saudi Arabia has undergone monumental change in politics, economics and society. This lecture examines the figure of MBS and some of the changes he has implemented, in particular as regards Saudi Arabia's identity as a conservative Islamic state associated with the controversial Islamic movement known as Wahhabism. The kingdom, as will be seen, no longer appeals to its Wahhabi past—and in fact is changing its history in service of its new image and identity.