Al Hayrat is BBK’s unique savings account that presents exciting opportunities for customers to win prizes while they save. Today, BBK made the announcement that everyone has been waiting for – The winner of the Al Hayrat’s Mid-year cash prize of $500,000. The raffle draw took place on July 29^th under the supervision of Mr. Shafi Al Bulooshi of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and members of the top management of the bank.

 Miss Nooreya Sayed Mahdi Ali Sharaf, a young Bahraini accountant at a local medical clinic has been announced as the lucky winner of the Al Hayrat Half Million prize!

Upon receiving the news of her win by the Deputy Chief Executive Mr. Reyadh Sater, Nooreya could not believe the news and thought it was a joke. She said that she had never expected to win such an amazing prize! And that she had never won anything before.

When asked about her plans for the life changing cash prize, Miss Nooreya said “I Have decided that I will use this money to finally start my Photography business which I am currently practising from home. Al Hayrat has given me the chance to do what I actually want and to pursue my passion, it is like a dream come true!”

The ceremony and reception Wednesday the 12^th of August which took place in Seef Mall, where Miss Nooreya was presented with a cheque for $500,000 by Mr. Reyadh Sater, the Deputy Chief Executive of BBK. The ceremony and reception were attended by BBK Top Management and members of the media.

Speaking at the award ceremony, Mr. Reyadh Sater, deputy Chief Executive said: “Miss Nooreya has been a good customer of BBK’s, and we are very happy indeed to be able to present the cheque for half a million dollars to a loyal customer. I would like to take this opportunity to extend my warmest congratulations to Miss Nooreya and her family on this amazing win. We have structured Al Hayrat prizes in such a way that our customers have a chance to win cash prizes which will truly make a difference to their lives and it’s great to see this play out through Nooreya’s plans to pursue her dreams”.

It is worth nothing that there are many more exciting prizes to win in 2015, which will end in the Al Hayrat Instant Millionaire year-end prize of $1,000,000 as well as other prizes such as the upcoming Quarter Million draw in October.

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