Moroccan Spiced Olives

Olives are served throughout the Middle East as part of the appetizer assortment called, variously, meze, mezze, mazza, mazze, etc, that is brought to your table with your wine, ouzo, arak, raki, and so forth. Anything can turn up as part of a meze selection - octopus dressed in olive oil and lemon, chunks of Feta cheese drizzled in olive oil with chopped herbs, small pieces of sausage atop bite-sized slices of bread, a plate of a creamy, tangy dip such as Tahini, a sal