Career
She had one child, Elisha, who passed away at a young age. She has lived most of her life in Jerusalem. Harekhavi is a graduate of the Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem.
Her art works have been exhibited in one-person shows in Israel and in many group shows in Israel and abroad.
Her first poems published in the Hebrew daily First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Hamishmar (1967) were submitted for publication by the eminent Hebrew poet Leah Goldberg (1917-1970). Her poems have been translated into many languages including English, Arabic, Russian and German and have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies.
Her major collection of poetry, A Bird that is Inside Stands Outside: Poems, 1962-2008 was published in 2009 by the Kibbutz Ha Meuchad and the Bialik Institute in Jerusalem - two of Israel"s major publishers of Hebrew poetry. Her most recent book, Rana, was published in 2014 by the Kibbutz Ha Meuchad Publisher.
She is known for writing poems that are heavy in repetition, which implies that the reader is not listening, further exacerbating her emotions.
She is considered to be a part of the feminist movement of poetry, taking the linguistics of ancient Hebrew texts and using them as inspiration for her poetry. She mainly paints in watercolor. She is considered to be one of the great Israeli female poets.
