His written works include a wide range of books, research papers and published articles in the fields of history, education and other public issues.

[1] His family was of modest means, but his father placed great value on education, making sure that young Amin attended Bethlehem High School despite a three kilometre walking commute each day.

[2] At the age of 18 he finished high school and left the West Bank to study history at the Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1962.

[4] After winning a scholarship grant under the Fulbright Program[4] Amin Mahmoud left the Middle East in 1966, to study in the United States at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. where he was awarded a Master's degree in Modern history and International relations in 1968.

Dr Mahmoud further developed his initial career in education while studying in the United States in the late 1960s, taking the position of research and teaching assistant at the Department of History, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in 1969 and continuing in that role until 1972[3] when he returned to the Middle East after receiving his doctorate.

After more than a decade in teaching, he founded the Center for Hebrew Studies in 1984 in collaboration with Yarmouk University, Jordan – this was the country's first educational establishment to focus on Israeli affairs, and was uncommon at that time in the Arab region as a whole.

Throughout his career, Dr Mahmoud has been an active author and publisher, with over 70 academic research papers and other articles to his credit in both Arabic and English, addressing a variety of public and educational matters.

[1] He has also written and published several books, on topics such as the position and role of the Soviet Union in the creation of the State of Israel[29] and on the history of Jewish settlement projects from the time of the French Revolution until the end of the First World War.

[40] In addition to fostering international relationships, Dr Mahmoud's remit extends to the interests of Jordanian overseas students: after political upheaval in Ukraine in early 2014, in order to address potential concerns for the welfare of Jordanian nationals studying in that country (who number in the thousands, and of whom approximately 250 reside in Crimea),[41] Dr Mahmoud visited Ukraine in March of that year.

[42][43] As well as these humanitarian efforts, he has been actively promoting further opportunities for overseas studies, such as the creation of 50 medical scholarships in Egyptian universities for Jordanian students.