Publications in Persian language
• وقتی که نیها گل میکنند When the Reeds Bloom (Collection of Short Stories), published by Afghanistan Writer Association at 1985. • درز دیوار A Crack in the Wall (Collection of Short Stories), published by Baihaqi Book Press, Kabul at 1987. • مرداره قول اس Real Men Keep Their Word (Collection of Short Stories), published by Afghanistan Writer Association at 1988. • مرداره قول اس Real Men Keep Their Word (Collection of Short Stories), published by Maiwand Publications, Peshawar 1989. • قحط سالی Famine (Collection of Short Stories), published by Afghans’ Pen Club in Stockholm, Baran 2003, Stockholm, 91-631-4540-5 • باز آفریده Recreated (Collection of Short Stories), published by Cultural Cooperation Association Qara Kamar in Sweden, Peshawar 2005 • کوچۀ ما Our Street (Novel), published by Kaweh verlag, Germany 2005, 91-631-7847-8 • مرداره قول اس Real Men Keep Their Word (Collection of Short Stories), New edition, published by CADA/Op Mercy Afghanistan, Kabul 2006 • مرداره قول اس Real Men Keep Their Word (Collection of Short Stories), New edition, published by CADA/Op Mercy Afghanistan, Kabul 2010 • کوچۀ ما Our Street (Novel), published by Mohammad Ibrahim Shariati Afghanistani (Erfan), 1st Edition, Tehran, Iran, 2009, 978-964-04-4314-9, 978-964-04-4316-3. • کوچۀ ما Our Street (Novel), published by Mohammad Ibrahim Shariati Afghanistani (Erfan), 2nd Edition, Tehran, Iran, 2013, 978-600-65-8012-8. • بازوی بریده Cut off Arm (Novel), published by Kaweh verlag, Germany, 2016 • مرداره قول اس، مجموعۀ کامل داستان های کوتاه اکرم عثمان Real Men Keep Their Word, published by Nashre Zaryab, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2017 • آن بالا و این پایین، گزیده داستان های اکرم عثمان, published by Taak Publication, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2019 • تاریخ افغانستان در صد سال اخیر, published by Café 60 Media, Stockholm, Sweden, 2022, 978-91-986704-2-4. ==Non-Persian publications==
Non-Persian publications
English •
Real Men Keep Their Word (A Selection of Short Stories), translated by Arley Loewen, published by
Oxford University Press, Karachi 2005, 0-19-547114-8
German •
Moderne Erzähler Der Welt, Afghanistan, 1987, 3-7711-0787-3. Two short stories: Ein Man, ein Wort & Wenn die Binsen blühen.
Swedish •
Blodig gryning och andra noveller från Afghanistan, Stockholm, 1992, 91-86936-38-7. Two short stories: En man står vid sitt ord & När det blommar i säven. •
De Nya amerikabreven, 2005, 91-631-7963-6. One short story: Den fjärde katten.
Other languages Some of Osman's writings have been published in Russian and Bulgarian languages and also in
cyrillic alphabet in
Tajikistan. ==Research papers==